Lung cancer clusters and air pollution exposure in Wayne County, Michigan: an autoregressive distributed lag model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lung cancer is the most common cancer killer in the world. Although smoking is the biggest risk factor, it is increasingly being discovered that environmental pollution is also associated with the development of lung cancer. Previous studies have discovered the impact of environmental pollution on lung cancer, but it has been difficult to determine the duration of time after exposure in which the risk is greatest. Our goals were to investigate the association of specific air pollutants with lung cancer and to determine the lag time at which the incidence peaks following exposure.

Methods

The Michigan Cancer Surveillance Program (MCSP) was queried from 1985 to 2018 for every case of lung cancer that occurred in Wayne County during that period. Data was obtained fro

SUBMITTER: Zhang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12557662 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature