Long-Term Concentrations of Ambient Air Pollutants and Incident Lung Cancer in California Adults: Results from the AHSMOG Study

• Published in: Environmental health perspectives Vol. 106; no. 12; pp. 813 - 822
• Main Authors: Beeson, W. Lawrence, Abbey, David E., Knutsen, Synnøve F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. National Institutes of Health. Department of Health, Education and Welfare 01.12.1998
• Subjects: Air pollutants; Air pollution; Alcohols; Environmental agencies; Lung neoplasms; Lungs; Ozone; Particulate matter; Tobacco smoking; Tumors

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship of long-term concentrations of ambient air pollutants and risk of incident lung cancer in nonsmoking California adults. A cohort study of 6,338 nonsmoking, non-Hispanic, white Californian adults, ages 27-95, was followed from 1977 to 1992 fo...