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. 1994 Oct;102(Suppl 4):187–192. doi: 10.1289/ehp.94102s4187

Cancer risk of air pollution: epidemiological evidence.

K Hemminki 1, G Pershagen 1
PMCID: PMC1566938  PMID: 7529702

Abstract

Epidemiological studies on the effect of urban air pollution on lung cancer were surveyed. Overall, the studies from many countries point to a smoking-adjusted risk in urban areas over countryside areas that is higher by a factor of up to 1.5. The extent to which urban air pollution contributes to this excess remains unknown. Studies on diesel-exposed occupational groups show that urban air pollution may have a causative role in lung cancer. Model calculations on unit risk factors of known human carcinogens were carried out to rank carcinogens according to their current ambient air concentrations.

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