Long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and lung cancer risk

Background: Most studies on the association between lung cancer and air pollution have investigated mortality. There have been few studies of lung cancer incidence. Methods: We used data from the ongoing Netherlands Cohort Study on Diet and Cancer for 114,378 subjects with follow-up from September 1986 to December 1997. Exposure to black smoke,...

Association between mortality and indicators of traffic-related air pollution in the Netherlands: A cohort study

Background: Long-term exposure to particulate matter air pollution has been associated with increased cardiopulmonary mortality in the USA. We aimed to assess the relation between traffic-related air pollution and mortality in participants of the Netherlands Cohort study on Diet and Cancer (NLCS), an ongoing study. Methods: We investigated a...

Estimation of long-term average exposure to outdoor air pollution for a cohort study on mortality

Estimation of long-term average exposure to outdoor air pollution for a cohort study on mortality