Influence of air pollution on the incidence of respiratory tract neoplasm.

Abstract

To evaluate the possible influence of air pollutants on the incidence of respiratory tract neoplasm we studied 12 São Paulo City districts where air pollution is observed. We collected data on pollutants from 1981-1990 and correlated it with the incidence of larynx and lung neoplasms in 1997. Ozone was the pollutant that best correlated with the incidence of neoplasm. The correlation coefficients were 0.7234 (p=0.277) and 0.9929 (p=0.007) for lung and larynx cancer, respectively. There may be a relationship between air pollution and the incidence of respiratory tract neoplasm. This study, however, does not allow us to conclude that there is a causal relationship.

• Authors: Fernanda Alves Cangerana Pereira, Joao Vicente de Assunção, Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva, Luiz Alberto Amador Pereira, Antônio Pedro Mirra, Alfesio Luís Ferreira Braga
• Journal: Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995) (J Air Waste Manag Assoc) Vol. 55 Issue 1 Pg. 83-7 (Jan 2005) ISSN: 1096-2247 [Print] United States
• PMID: 15704542 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Air Pollutants

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Aged
• Air Pollutants (poisoning)
• Brazil (epidemiology)
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Epidemiologic Studies
• Female
• Humans
• Incidence
• Infant
• Infant, Newborn
• Laryngeal Neoplasms (epidemiology, etiology)
• Lung Neoplasms (epidemiology, etiology)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Urban Population