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Outdoor Particulate Matter Exposure and Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Author(s) -
Ghassan B. Hamra,
Neela Guha,
Aaron Cohen,
Francine Laden,
Ole RaaschouNielsen,
Jonathan M. Samet,
Paolo Vineis,
Francesco Forastiere,
Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva,
Takashi Yorifuji,
Dana Loomis
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp/1408092
Subject(s) - particulates , lung cancer , meta analysis , medicine , environmental health , environmental science , environmental chemistry , oncology , pathology , chemistry , organic chemistry
Particulate matter (PM) in outdoor air pollution was recently designated a Group I carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). This determination was based on the evidence regarding the relationship of PM2.5 and PM10 to lung cancer risk; however, the IARC evaluation did not include a quantitative summary of the evidence.

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