Air pollution: another cause of lung cancer
Menée à partir des données de 17 études de cohorte incluant au total 312 944 participants (durée moyenne de suivi : 12,8 ans), cette étude prospective européenne évalue l'association entre la pollution de l'air et le risque de cancer du poumon
In The Lancet Oncology , Ole Raaschou-Nielsen and colleagues present the findings from individual data from 17 European cohorts and show that exposure to particulate matter air pollution increased the risk of lung cancer—particularly adenocarcinoma—with a suggestion of an effect even below the current European Union air pollution limit values (40
μg/m 3 for particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter < 10 μm [PM 10 ] and 25 μg/m 3 for particulate matter with a diameter < 2
·5
μm [PM 2
·5 ] ).
The Lancet Oncology 2013