Multiple air pollutants exposure and leukaemia incidence in Tehran, Iran from 2010 to 2016: a retrospective cohort study

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Zahra Khorrami · Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Mohsen Pourkhosravani · Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman

Marzieh Eslahi · Kerman University of Medical Sciences

Maysam Rezapour · Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences

Mohammad Esmail Akbari · Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Heresh Amini · University of Copenhagen

Seyed Mahmood Taghavi Shahri

Abstract

Our study shows that districts with higher air pollution (nitrogen oxides and multipollutants) have higher incidence rates of leukaemia in Tehran, Iran. This study warrants conducting further research with individual human data and better control of confounding.

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Air Quality and Health Impacts Energy and Environment Impacts Occupational and environmental lung diseases

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Published in: BMJ Open

Volume 12, Issue 6, pp. e060562-e060562

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060562

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Multiple air pollutants exposure and leukaemia incidence in Tehran, Iran from 2010 to 2016: a retrospective cohort study

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