The association between ambient fine particulate matter and incident adenocarcinoma subtype of lung cancer

• Main Authors: Lida Gharibvand (Author), W. Lawrence Beeson (Author), David Shavlik (Author), Raymond Knutsen (Author), Mark Ghamsary (Author), Samuel Soret (Author), Synnove F. Knutsen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Adenocarcinoma (AC) is the most common lung cancer among non-smokers, but few studies have assessed the effect of PM2.5 on AC among never smokers. The purpose of this study was to assess the association between ambient PM2.5 and incident lung AC in the Adventist Health and Smog S...