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ArticleScientific reports2025

Association between nitrogen dioxide and incident breast cancer in Alberta's tomorrow project.

Mohadeseh Ahmadi, Rachel A Murphy, Maryam Darvishian, Trevor J B Dummer

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper 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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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Mohadeseh AhmadiSchool of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. mmahmadi@student.ubc.ca.
Rachel A MurphySchool of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Maryam DarvishianSchool of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Trevor J B DummerSchool of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancer is a significant global health concern, with millions of cases diagnosed annually. Risk factors for breast cancer include obesity, physical inactivity, poor diet, and alcohol use. Urbanization introduces exposures such as traffic-related air pollution (TRAP), which may impact breast cancer risk. To assess the impact of TRAP, measured in this study using nitrogen dioxide (NO

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Air PollutantsAir PollutionBreast NeoplasmsEnvironmental ExposureNitrogen DioxideAgedAlbertaFemaleHumansIncidenceMiddle AgedPostmenopauseProportional Hazards ModelsRisk FactorsAir PollutantsNitrogen DioxideBreast cancerBuilt environmentNO2Post-menopausalTRAP

Identifiers

PMID40447779
PMCPMC12125178

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