Association between Airport Ultrafine Particles and Lung Cancer Risk: The Multiethnic Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ultrafine particles (UFP) are unregulated air pollutants abundant in aviation exhaust. Emerging evidence suggests that UFPs may impact lung health due to their high surface area-to-mass ratio and deep penetration into airways. This study aimed to assess long-term exposure to airport-related UFPs and lung cancer incidence in a multiethnic population in Los Angeles County.

Methods

Within the California Multiethnic Cohort, we examined the association between long-term exposure to airport-related UFPs and lung cancer incidence. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to estimate the effect of UFP exposure on lung cancer incidence. Subgroup analyses by demographics, histology and smoking status were conducted.

Results

Airport-related U

SUBMITTER: Bookstein A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11062824 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature