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ArticleBritish journal of cancer2023

Exposure to low-level ambient air pollution and the relationship with lung and bladder cancer in older men, in Perth, Western Australia.

Elizabeth H Lim, Peter Franklin, Michelle L Trevenen, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Bu B Yeap, Osvaldo P Almeida, Graeme J Hankey, Jonathan Golledge, Christopher Etherton-Beer, Leon Flicker and 2 more

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Article in British journal of cancer, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Impact of Pollution on Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis with Focus on Air Pollution.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026
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  10. Risk Factors Associated with Urothelial Bladder Cancer.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Elizabeth H LimSchool of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6845-3637
Peter FranklinSchool of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia. peter.franklin@uwa.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-9983-1212
Michelle L TrevenenWestern Australian Centre for Health and Ageing, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia.
Mark NieuwenhuijsenBarcelona Institute for Global Health - Campus MAR, Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, Barcelona, Spain.
Bu B YeapMedical School, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia.
Osvaldo P AlmeidaWestern Australian Centre for Health and Ageing, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia.
Graeme J HankeyMedical School, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia.
Jonathan GolledgeQueensland Research Centre for Peripheral Vascular Disease, James Cook University and Townsville University Hospital, Townsville, QLD, Australia.
Christopher Etherton-BeerWestern Australian Centre for Health and Ageing, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia.
Leon FlickerWestern Australian Centre for Health and Ageing, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia.
Suzanne RobinsonCurtin School of Population Health, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia.
Jane HeyworthSchool of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia. jane.heyworth@uwa.edu.au.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAir pollution is a cause of lung cancer and is associated with bladder cancer. However, the relationship between air pollution and these cancers in regions of low pollution is unclear. We investigated associations between fine particulate matter (PM

methodsA cohort of 11,679 men ≥65 years old in Perth (Western Australia) were followed from 1996-1999 until 2018. Pollutant concentrations, as a time-varying variable, were estimated at participants' residential addresses using land use regression models. Incident lung and bladder cancer were identified through the Western Australian Cancer Registry. Risks were estimated using Cox proportional-hazard models (age as the timescale), adjusting for smoking, socioeconomic status, and co-pollutants.

resultsLung cancer was associated with PM

conclusionLow-level ambient air pollution is associated with lung, and possibly bladder, cancer among older men, suggesting there is no known safe level for air pollution as a carcinogen.

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Air PollutantsAir PollutionEnvironmental PollutantsLung NeoplasmsUrinary Bladder NeoplasmsAgedAustraliaEnvironmental ExposureHumansLungMaleParticulate MatterWestern AustraliaAir PollutantsEnvironmental PollutantsParticulate Matter

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PMID37684355
PMCPMC10628106

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