Outdoor air pollution is a major contributor to the burden of disease worldwide. Most of the
global population resides in places where air pollution levels, because of emissions from …

Abstract The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified outdoor air
pollution and the particulate matter (PM) in outdoor air pollution as carcinogenic to humans …

Outdoor air pollution has long been suspected of increasing the risk of lung cancer. 1
Although many pollutants have been linked with adverse health impacts, the component …

In the 1950s evidence of an ongoing epidemic of lung cancer in the United States and
Western Europe led researchers to examine the role of outdoor air pollution, which was …

Economic growth and increased urbanization pose a new risk for cancer development: the
exposure of high numbers of people to ambient air pollution. Epidemiological evidence that …

Background: The International Agency for Research on Cancer classified both outdoor air
pollution and airborne particulate matter as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1) for lung …

Introduction The second leading cause of lung cancer is air pollution. Air pollution and
smoking are synergistic. Air pollution can worsen lung cancer survival. Methods The Early …

Background: Particulate matter (PM) in outdoor air pollution was recently designated a
Group I carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). This …

Robust evidence is needed for the hazardous effects of outdoor particulate matter (PM) on
mortality and morbidity from all types of cancers. To summarize and meta-analyze the …

Epidemiologic evidence on the relation between ambient air pollution exposure and cancer
is reviewed. The well-documented urban/rural difference in lung cancer incidence and the …