ArticleYonsei medical journal2017
Lung Cancer Risk and Residential Exposure to Air Pollution: A Korean Population-Based Case-Control Study.
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- A Comparison of Web-Based Cancer Risk Calculators That Inform Shared Decision-making for Lung Cancer Screening.Journal of general internal medicine · 2021Pooled it
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- Impact of Residential Concentration of PM2.5 Analyzed as Time-Varying Covariate on the Survival Rate of Lung Cancer Patients: A 15-Year Hospital-Based Study in Upper Northern Thailand.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Narrative review: association between lung cancer development and ambient particulate matter in never-smokers.Journal of thoracic disease · 2022Review
- The association between outdoor air pollution and lung cancer risk in seven eastern metropolises of China: Trends in 2006-2014 and sex differences.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate the association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and lung cancer incidence in Koreans. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis was a population-based case-control study covering 908 lung cancer patients and 908 controls selected from a random sample of people within each Korean province and matched according to age, sex, and smoking status. We developed land-use regression models to estimate annual residential exposure to particulate matter (PM₁₀) and nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) over a 20-year exposure period. Logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) and their corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CI).
resultsIncreases in lung cancer incidence (expressed as adjusted OR) were 1.09 (95% CI: 0.96-1.23) with a ten-unit increase in PM₁₀ (μg/m³) and 1.10 (95% CI: 1.00-1.22) with a ten-unit increase in NO₂ (ppb). Tendencies for stronger associations between air pollution and lung cancer incidence were noted among never smokers, among those with low fruit consumption, and among those with a higher education level. Air pollution was more strongly associated with squamous cell and small cell carcinomas than with adenocarcinoma of the lung.
conclusionThis study provides evidence that PM10 and NO₂ contribute to lung cancer incidence in Korea.
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