Burden of cancer attributable to air pollution in Japan in 2015.

ABSTRACT: PM_2.5 is a major environmental health problem and a risk factor for lung cancer. Exposure to PM_2.5 has attracted growing public concern nationwide. Here, we aimed to estimate the cancer in 2015 attributable to PM_2.5 in Japan. Ambient air pollution level due to excess concentration of PM_2.5 was estimated using geophysically based satellite-derived PM_2.5 concentrations in 2005, with a spatial resolution of 0.5° × 0.5° longitude-latitude, and population data presented in a 1 km by 1 km grid. We used the WHO guideline value for PM_2.5 exposure (≤ 10 μg/m³) as the optimal level of PM_2.5 exposure. By using relative risk from a large-scale cohort study in Japan, we estimated the population attributable fraction

SUBMITTER: Hori M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11933973 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature