Outdoor Particulate Matter Exposure and Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Authors

Ghassan B. Hamra · Centre international de recherche sur le cancer

Neela Guha · Centre international de recherche sur le cancer

Aaron Cohen · Health Effects Institute

Francine Laden · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Ole Raaschou‐Nielsen · Danish Cancer Society

Jonathan M. Samet · University of Southern California

Paolo Vineis

Abstract

The results of these analyses, and the decision of the IARC Working Group to classify PM and outdoor air pollution as carcinogenic (Group 1), further justify efforts to reduce exposures to air pollutants that can arise from many sources.

Topics & Keywords

Air Quality and Health Impacts Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting Climate Change and Health Impacts

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Environmental Health Perspectives

Volume 122, Issue 9, pp. 906-911

DOI: 10.1289/ehp/1408092

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