ArticleBritish journal of cancer2022
Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and bladder cancer incidence in a pooled European cohort: the ELAPSE project.
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41 authors at 18 institutions in 10 countries.
Jie ChenInstitute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands. j.chen1@uu.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9644-8026
Sophia RodopoulouDepartment of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Maciej StrakInstitute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Kees de HooghSwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
Tahir TajDanish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Aslak Harbo PoulsenDanish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Zorana J AndersenSection of Environment and Health, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Tom BellanderInstitute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Jørgen BrandtDepartment of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark.
Emanuel ZittAgency for Preventive and Social Medicine (aks), Bregenz, Austria.
Daniela FechtMRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Francesco ForastiereDepartment of Epidemiology, Lazio Region Health Service/ASL Roma 1, Rome, Italy.
John GulliverMRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Ole HertelDepartments of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark.
Barbara HoffmannInstitute for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Centre for Health and Society, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Ulla Arthur HvidtfeldtDanish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.
W M Monique VerschurenNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2134-4227
Jeanette T JørgensenSection of Environment and Health, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Klea KatsouyanniDepartment of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Matthias KetzelDepartment of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark.
Anton LagerDepartment of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Karin LeanderInstitute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Shuo LiuSection of Environment and Health, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Petter LjungmanInstitute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Gianluca SeveriUniversity Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Inserm, Gustave Roussy, "Exposome and Heredity" team, CESP UMR1018, 94805, Villejuif, France.
Marie-Christine Boutron-RuaultUniversity Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Inserm, Gustave Roussy, "Exposome and Heredity" team, CESP UMR1018, 94805, Villejuif, France.
Patrik K E MagnussonDepartment of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Gabriele NagelInstitute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6185-8535
Göran PershagenInstitute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Annette PetersInstitute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany.
Debora RizzutoDepartment of Neurobiology, Care Sciences, and Society, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Yvonne T van der SchouwJulius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Evangelia SamoliDepartment of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Mette SørensenDanish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7302-4789
Massimo StafoggiaInstitute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Anne TjønnelandDanish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Gudrun WeinmayrInstitute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
Kathrin WolfInstitute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany.
Bert BrunekreefInstitute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Ole Raaschou-Nielsen *Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Gerard Hoek *Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Karolinska Institutet · SEUtrecht University · NLAarhus University · DKDanish Cancer Society · DKNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRUniversity of Copenhagen · DKHelmholtz Zentrum München · DEInserm · FRUniversität Ulm · DEASL Roma · ITDanderyds sjukhus · SEHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DELandeskrankenhaus Feldkirch · ATMRC Centre for Environment and HealthRoskilde University · DKStockholm University · SESwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute · CHUniversity of Leicester · GB
Funding
Medical Research Council MR/S019669/1
Abstract
backgroundThe evidence linking ambient air pollution to bladder cancer is limited and mixed.
methodsWe assessed the associations of bladder cancer incidence with residential exposure to fine particles (PM
resultsDuring an average of 18.2 years follow-up, 967 bladder cancer cases occurred. We observed a positive though statistically non-significant association between PM
conclusionsWe found suggestive evidence of an association between long-term PM
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Air PollutantsAir PollutionUrinary Bladder NeoplasmsEnvironmental ExposureFemaleHumansIncidenceMaleNitrogen DioxideParticulate MatterRare DiseasesZincAir PollutantsNitrogen DioxideParticulate MatterZinc
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