Lung cancer is one of the primary causes of death with poor life expectancy after diagnosis.
History of past respiratory diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive lung disease …

Background The associations between pulmonary diseases (asthma, chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease [COPD], and tuberculosis [TB]) and subsequent lung cancer risk have …

Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been consistently
associated with increased risk of lung cancer. However, previous studies have had limited …

Retrospective data on residential and employment history and on smoking were obtained
from 417 white male lung cancer patients and 752 controls with nonrespiratory …

Background Lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) share a
common risk factor in cigarette smoking and a large portion of patients with lung cancer …

In this issue of the Journal, Villeneuve et al.(Am J Epidemiol. 2014; 179 (4): 443–451)
present epidemiologic evidence supporting the literature on the adverse effects of air …

The health effects of air pollution have been subject to intense study in recent years. These
effects have been found in short-term studies, which relate day-to-day variations in air …

Epidemiologic studies over the last 40 years have observed that general ambient air
pollution, chiefly due to the byproducts of the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, is …

Objective: To review epidemiologic evidence that asthma is a risk factor for lung cancer, with
particular attention to the role of smoking on this association. Methods: Through MEDLINE …

Epidemiologic studies over the last 40 years suggest rather consistently that general
ambient air pollution, chiefly due to the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, may be …