ArticleEClinicalMedicine2020
Air pollution exposure at the residence and risk of childhood cancers in Denmark: A nationwide register-based case-control study.
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- Traffic-related air pollution exposure at birth and risk of childhood leukemia: results from the GEOCAP-Birth case-control study.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2025Article
- Ambient Fine Particulate Matter, Residential Greenness, and Childhood Cancer Risk by Trimester of Exposure in Minnesota 2000 to 2014: A Case-Control Study.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2025Article
- PM2.5, vegetation density, and childhood cancer: a case-control registry-based study from Texas 1995-2011.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2024Article
- Environmental Pollution and Risk of Childhood Cancer: A Scoping Review of Evidence from the Last Decade.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Racial and ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in childhood cancer incidence trends in the United States, 2000-2019.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2023Article
- Cancer status in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: types; incidence; mortality; sex, age, and geography distribution; and possible causes.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2023Article
- Near-Source Risk Functions for Particulate Matter Are Critical When Assessing the Health Benefits of Local Abatement Strategies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Risk Factors for Childhood Leukemia: Radiation and Beyond.Frontiers in public health · 2021Review
- Residential Exposure to PMInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe etiology of childhood cancer is poorly understood. The role of environmental factors, including air pollution (AP) exposure, has been addressed previously, but results so far have been inconclusive. In this study, we investigate the association between long-term AP exposures in relation to childhood cancer subtypes in Denmark (1981-2013).
methodsWe conducted a nationwide register-based case-control study. We identified 7745 incident cases of childhood cancers (<20 years) in the Danish Cancer Registry. Four randomly selected (cancer-free) controls were matched to each case according to sex and date of birth. We modelled concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO
findingsThe main analyses included 5045 cases and 18,179 controls. For all cancers combined, we observed odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) of 0·97 (0·94, 1·01) per 10 µg/m INTERPRETATIONS: The findings of this nation-wide study propose a role of AP in the development of childhood NHL, but more large-scale studies are needed.
fundingNordForsk Project #75007.
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