Ambient PM2.5 air pollution exposure and hepatocellular carcinoma incidence in the United States.
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SUBMITTER: VoPham T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5940508 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Ambient PM<sub>2.5</sub> air pollution exposure and hepatocellular carcinoma incidence in the United States.
VoPham Trang T Bertrand Kimberly A KA Tamimi Rulla M RM Laden Francine F Hart Jaime E JE
Cancer causes & control : CCC 20180425 6
<h4>Purpose</h4>To conduct the first epidemiologic study prospectively examining the association between particulate matter air pollution < 2.5 µm in diameter (PM<sub>2.5</sub>) exposure and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) risk in the U.S.<h4>Methods</h4>Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) provided information on HCC cases diagnosed between 2000 and 2014 from 16 population-based cancer registries across the U.S. Ambient PM<sub>2.5</sub> exposure was estimated by linking the SEER co ...[more]
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