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ArticleAmerican journal of respiratory and critical care medicine2025

Effect of Long-Term Fine Particulate Matter Exposure on Lung Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Chinese Nonsmokers.

Meng Zhu, Yuting Han, Yuanlin Mou, Xia Meng, Chen Ji, Xia Zhu, Canqing Yu, Dianjianyi Sun, Ling Yang, Qiufen Sun and 11 more

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Article in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis 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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline 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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  15. Targeting Air Pollution and Reduction in Lung Cancer Incidence and Mortality.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2025
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  16. Joint exposure to PMFrontiers in public health · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors.

Meng ZhuDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health.
Yuting HanDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health.
Yuanlin MouDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health.ORCID 0000-0003-4117-9660
Xia MengSchool of Public Health, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education.
Chen JiDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health.
Xia ZhuDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health.
Canqing YuDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health.ORCID 0000-0002-0019-0014
Dianjianyi SunDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health.
Ling YangMedical Research Council Population Health Research Unit and.
Qiufen SunDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health.
Yiping ChenMedical Research Council Population Health Research Unit and.
Huaidong DuMedical Research Council Population Health Research Unit and.
Juncheng DaiDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health.
Zhengming ChenClinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Zhibin HuDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health.
Jun LvDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health.
Guangfu JinDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health.
Hongxia MaDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health.
Haidong KanSchool of Public Health, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education.
Liming LiDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health.
Hongbing ShenDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health.

Funding

Kadoorie Charitable FoundationMinistry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China 2011BAI09B01National Key Research and Development 2016YFC0900500National Natural Science Foundation of China 81390540National Natural Science Foundation of China 81941018National Natural Science Foundation of China 82192900National Natural Science Foundation of China 82273714National Natural Science Foundation of China 82388102National Natural Science Foundation of China 82473708National Natural Science Foundation of China 91846303Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Air PollutantsAir PollutionEnvironmental ExposureLung NeoplasmsNon-SmokersParticulate MatterAdultAgedChinaEast Asian PeopleFemaleHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedProportional Hazards ModelsAir PollutantsParticulate Matteradditive interactionair pollutiongenetic susceptibilitylung cancer in nonsmokerspopulation attributable fraction

Identifiers

PMID39918842
PMCPMC12005023

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