Association Between Outdoor Air Pollution and Risk of Malignant and Benign Brain Tumors: The Multiethnic Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are increasing concerns about the potential impact of air pollution on chronic brain inflammation and microglia cell activation, but evidence of its carcinogenic effects is limited.

Methods

We used kriging interpolation and land use regression models to estimate long-term air pollutant exposures of oxides of nitrogen (NO_x, NO₂), kriging interpolation for ozone (O₃), carbon monoxide, and particulate matter (PM_2.5, PM₁₀), and nearest monitoring station measurements for benzene for 103 308 men and women from the Multiethnic Cohort, residing largely in Los Angeles County from recruitment (1993-1996) through 2013. We used Cox proportional hazards models to examine the associations between time-varying polluta

SUBMITTER: Wu AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7083235 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature