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SUBMITTER: Lamichhane DK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5653475 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lamichhane Dirga Kumar DK Kim Hwan Cheol HC Choi Chang Min CM Shin Myung Hee MH Shim Young Mog YM Leem Jong Han JH Ryu Jeong Seon JS Nam Hae Seong HS Park Sung Min SM
Yonsei medical journal 20171101 6
<h4>Purpose</h4>To investigate the association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and lung cancer incidence in Koreans.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>This was a population-based case-control study covering 908 lung cancer patients and 908 controls selected from a random sample of people within each Korean province and matched according to age, sex, and smoking status. We developed land-use regression models to estimate annual residential exposure to particulate matter (PM₁₀) and ...[more]