An ecological analysis of PM2.5 concentrations and lung cancer mortality rates in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the association between Particulate Matter (PM)2.5 (particles with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 µm) and lung cancer mortality rates and to estimate the potential risk of lung cancer mortality related to exposure to high PM2.5 concentrations.

Design

Geographically weighted regression was performed to evaluate the relation between PM2.5 concentrations and lung cancer mortality for males, females and for both sexes combined, in 2008, based on newly available long-term data. Lung cancer fatalities from long-term exposure to PM2.5 were calculated according to studies by Pope III et al and the WHO air quality guidelines (AQGs).

Setting

31 provinces in China.

Results

PM2.5 was associated with the lung cancer mortality of males, females an

SUBMITTER: Fu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4663405 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature