Associations between ambient air pollution and cancer incidence in Taiwan: an ecological study of geographical variations.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Air pollution is a global public health concern. The World Health Organization has recently set up a goal of saving 7 million people globally by 2030 from air pollution related death. We conducted an ecological study of geographical variation to explore the association between air pollution (specifically, particulate matter <2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter [PM2.5], particulate matter <10 μm in aerodynamic diameter, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, nitric oxide, and ozone) and cancer incidence in Taiwan, from 2012 to 2016. METHODS:In this study, the yearly average concentrations of each air pollutant at 75 air quality monitoring stations were calculated, and using the kriging method, the concentrations were extrapolated to each and every geographical central point of 349 local ad

SUBMITTER: Su SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6842529 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature