The association between ambient fine particulate matter and incident adenocarcinoma subtype of lung cancer

• Published in: Environmental health Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 71 - 9
• Main Authors: Gharibvand, Lida, Lawrence Beeson, W., Shavlik, David, Knutsen, Raymond, Ghamsary, Mark, Soret, Samuel, Knutsen, Synnove F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 24.06.2017; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adenocarcinoma; Adenocarcinoma - epidemiology; Adenocarcinoma of Lung; Adult; Adventists; Aged; Air Pollutants - analysis; Air pollution; Airborne particulates; Cancer; Confidence intervals; Environmental aspects; Environmental health; Environmental Monitoring; Female; Health aspects; Health risk assessment; Humans; Incidence; Lung adenocarcinoma; Lung cancer; Lung Neoplasms - epidemiology; Male; Melanoma; Middle Aged; Non-smokers; Ozone - analysis; Particle Size; Particulate matter; Particulate Matter - analysis; Risk; Skin cancer; Skin Neoplasms - epidemiology; Smog; Smokers; Smoking; United States - epidemiology; United States; United States > US; Lung cancer; Particulate matter; Air pollution; Adventists; Lung adenocarcinoma; Non-smokers; Non-melanoma skin cancer

Adenocarcinoma (AC) is the most common lung cancer among non-smokers, but few studies have assessed the effect of PM on AC among never smokers. The purpose of this study was to assess the association between ambient PM and incident lung AC in the Adventist Health and Smog Study-2 (AHSMOG-2), a cohor...