Exposure to traffic-related air pollution and the risk of developing breast cancer among women in eight Canadian provinces: A case-control study

Environment International

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 240-248

  Hystad, Perry ^a   Villeneuve, Paul J ^b   Goldberg, Mark S ^c,d   Crouse, Dan L ^e   Johnson, Kenneth ^f  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Breast cancer; Canada; Nitrogen dioxide; Traffic

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DISEASES; LAND USE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; NITROGEN OXIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SATELLITES; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

BREAST CANCER; CANADA; EXPOSURE TO TRAFFIC-RELATED AIR POLLUTIONS; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; PREMENOPAUSAL WOMEN; SATELLITE-DERIVED OBSERVATIONS; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS; TRAFFIC-RELATED AIR POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; HEALTH RISK; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC EMISSION; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAND USE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; TOXICITY;

CANADA;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84910088949     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.09.004     Document Type: Article

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