Traffic-related air pollution and childhood acute leukemia in Oklahoma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While many studies have evaluated the association between acute childhood leukemia and environmental factors, knowledge is limited. Ambient air pollution has been classified as a Group 1 carcinogen, but studies have not established whether traffic-related air pollution is associated with leukemia. The goal of our study was to determine if children with acute leukemia had higher odds of exposure to traffic-related air pollution at birth compared to controls.

Methods

We conducted a case-control study using the Oklahoma Central Cancer Registry to identify cases of acute leukemia in children diagnosed before 20 years of age between 1997 and 2012 (n=307). Controls were selected from birth certificates and matched to cases on week of birth (n=1013). Using a novel satell

SUBMITTER: Janitz AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4874884 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature