Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Incidence of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer in 15 European Cohorts within the ESCAPE Project.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Epidemiological evidence on the association between ambient air pollution and breast cancer risk is inconsistent.

Objective

We examined the association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and incidence of postmenopausal breast cancer in European women.

Methods

In 15 cohorts from nine European countries, individual estimates of air pollution levels at the residence were estimated by standardized land-use regression models developed within the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE) and Transport related Air Pollution and Health impacts – Integrated Methodologies for Assessing Particulate Matter (TRANSPHORM) projects: particulate matter (PM) ≤2.5μm, ≤10μm, and 2.5–10μm in diameter (PM_2.5, PM₁₀, and PM

SUBMITTER: Andersen ZJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5933325 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature