The association between ambient air pollutants and pancreatic cancer in the Multiethnic Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prior studies examining the association between ambient air pollutants and pancreatic cancer have been conducted in racially/ethnically homogeneous samples and have produced mixed results, with some studies supporting evidence of an association with fine particulate matter.

Methods

To further investigate these findings, we estimated exposure levels of particulate matter (PM_2.5, PM₁₀) and oxides of nitrogen (NO_X, and NO₂) using kriging interpolation for 100,527 men and women from the Multiethnic Cohort Study, residing largely in Los Angeles County from 1993 through 2013. We measured the association between these air pollutants and incident pancreatic cancer using Cox proportional hazards models with time-varying pollutant

SUBMITTER: Bogumil D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8578294 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature