Long-term exposure to PM and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Chen, Jie; Hoek, Gerard

doi:10.1016/j.envint.2020.105974

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“…The fraction of LC cases that is estimated to be attributable to PM2.5 is 14.05% (95% CI: 12.47, 15.68) and 16.26% (95% CI: 16.24, 16.29) for males and females, respectively. A recent systematic review and metaanalysis found a relative risk ratio of 1.12 of lung cancer mortality per increment of 10 µg/m 3 of PM2.5 [18] close to the values estimated in the current study. Similar results were also found in a Chinese study, which analyzed the association of fine particulate matter and lung cancer mortality [23].…”

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Predictors of Lung Cancer Risk: An Ecological Study Using Mortality and Environmental Data by Municipalities in Italy

Gariazzo

Binazzi

Alfó

et al. 2021

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Lung cancer (LC) mortality remains a consistent part of the total deaths occurring worldwide. Its etiology is complex as it involves multifactorial components. This work aims in providing an epidemiological assessment on occupational and environmental factors associated to LC risk by means of an ecological study involving the 8092 Italian municipalities for the period 2006–2015. We consider mortality data from mesothelioma as proxy of asbestos exposure, as well as PM2.5 and radon levels as a proxy of environmental origin. The compensated cases for occupational respiratory diseases, urbanization and deprivation were included as predictors. We used a negative binomial distribution for the response, with analysis stratified by gender. We estimated that asbestos is responsible for about 1.1% (95% CI: 0.8, 1.4) and 0.5% (95% CI: 0.2, 0.8) of LC mortality in males and females, respectively. The corresponding figures are 14.0% (95% CI: 12.5, 15.7) and 16.3% (95% CI: 16.2, 16.3) for PM2.5 exposure, and 3.9% (95% CI: 3.5, 4.2) and 1.6% (95% CI: 1.4, 1.7) for radon exposure. The assessment of determinants contribution to observed LC deaths is crucial for improving awareness of its origin, leading to increase the equity of the welfare system.

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Predictors of Lung Cancer Risk: An Ecological Study Using Mortality and Environmental Data by Municipalities in Italy

Gariazzo

Binazzi

Alfó

et al. 2021

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“…Other countries' air quality standards are also in better alignment with WHO Air Quality Guidelines [14] than the EU limit values. Currently, WHO is updating the global Air Quality Guidelines to better reflect recent evidence [15]. The updated WHO global Air Quality Guidelines, expected to be ready in early 2021, will provide important input for the Commission's ambition to align legal standards of PM 2.5 with health-based recommendations.…”

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Air pollution and health: recent advances in air pollution epidemiology to inform the European Green Deal: a joint workshop report of ERS, WHO, ISEE and HEI

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“…"We feel strongly that there is no public benefit to conducting these analyses in the middle of an active pandemic," they wrote. 9 Not everyone agrees with that conclusion. "COVID-19 is a new challenge, and the data are inaccurate and imprecise," says Francesca Dominici, a professor of biostatistics at the Harvard T.H.…”

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“…This, they wrote, "deflects from the increased rates of infection and health consequences caused by problems of social and income disparities, overcrowding, and other societal issues." 9 Wendee Nicole is an award-winning writer living in Houston. She has written for Environmental Health Perspectives, as well as other publications, for many years.…”

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Air of Uncertainty: Can We Study Pollution and COVID-19 in the Midst of a Pandemic?

Nicole¹

2020

Environ Health Perspect

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Multiple recent studies have looked at whether air pollution increases the risk of developing or dying from COVID-19. 1,2,3,4,5,6 Ambient air pollution is known or suspected to cause or worsen conditions associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection, 7 including cardiorespiratory disease, respiratory disease, obesity, and type 2 diabetes. 8,9,10,11 So it is plausible that air pollution exposures could also be risk factors for not only SARS-CoV-2 infection but also worse disease severity and heightened mortality risk. However, a recent commentary in Environmental Health Perspectives warns that multiple studies on the topic-some of them not yet peer reviewed before being picked up by the media-are so flawed as to be invalid. 12

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Long-term exposure to PM and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Cited by 557 publications

References 129 publications

Predictors of Lung Cancer Risk: An Ecological Study Using Mortality and Environmental Data by Municipalities in Italy

Predictors of Lung Cancer Risk: An Ecological Study Using Mortality and Environmental Data by Municipalities in Italy

Air pollution and health: recent advances in air pollution epidemiology to inform the European Green Deal: a joint workshop report of ERS, WHO, ISEE and HEI

Air of Uncertainty: Can We Study Pollution and COVID-19 in the Midst of a Pandemic?

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