Air Pollution and Urban Factors in Relation to Cancer Mortality

Ford, Amasa B.; Bialik, Ora

doi:10.1080/00039896.1980.10545795

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“…Thus, the inhalation of noxious air pollutants at ambient or near-ambient levels may have a much greater impact on cancer progression than is recognized at the present time. The epidemiological studies correlat-ing increased cancer mortality with polluted urban environment [24,25], and the increased incidence of melanoma metastasis in smokers [26], may be indicative of inhaled pollutant effects on the spread of human cancer.…”

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The mortality rate from lung metastases in animals inhaling nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)

Richters

Alley

1985

Journal of Surgical Oncology

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A study was carried out to determine the interrelationship between the inhalation of nitrogen dioxide (0.4 +/- 0.50 ppm), lung metastases development from circulating cancer cells, and death rate from such metastases. C57 BL/6J mice were used in these experiments. Animals were divided into control and NO2-exposed groups, and were exposed to filtered air and 0.4 ppm of NO2, respectively. Following 12 weeks of exposure, all animals were infused intravenously with syngeneic, viable B16 melanoma cells. The results indicate that a subpopulation of NO2-exposed animals showed a significant increase in mortality rate during the early part of the experiment. The interpretation is that animals especially sensitive to the NO2 insult developed extensive metastases at an early stage. The question raised is whether or not the progression of human cancer is influenced by the inhalation of noxious pollutants in the ambient atmosphere.

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The mortality rate from lung metastases in animals inhaling nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)

Richters

Alley

1985

Journal of Surgical Oncology

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“…Many studies on mortality in urban areas have been carried out in relation to physical and social components of the urban environment, for example air pollution (Rumford, 1961;Ford & Bialik, 1980), high population density (Myers & Manton, 1977;Levy & Herzog, 1978) and variations in socioeconomic condition (Griffiths, 1971;Monson, 1980).…”

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Mortality of an urban population by period of residence in a rapidly industrialized city

Masaki

Suzuki

1983

J. Biosoc. Sci.

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Mortality differentials among urban residents who were classified by period of residence in a rapidly industrialized city were analysed for those aged 20 and over dying between April 1974 and March 1978. The highest mortality in the male population appeared in the group with under 5 years of residence, and this was attributed to the high age-specific death rates at age 50 and over. In females, a mortality excess conspicuous in those under age 50 was observed in the group with over 20 years of residence. Age-adjusted death rates by leading causes of death differed among the groups by period of residence; the rates from malignant neoplasms and senility for the population with under 5 years of residence were greater in males, but smaller in females than those of the total population. The mortality for the male population with under 5 years of residence was considered to be related to the health of the aged when they migrated.

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“…The subject has been adressed in 1978 by Carnow, 7 Ford and Bialak, 8 Doll, 9 Cederlof et al 10 and Shear et al n The subject of health and pollution has been more recently addressed by Vena 12 (1983), Scholtenfeld 13 (at a workshop on chronic disease in the workplace and environment, 1984), and Jacobson 14 (1984). In this review benzo-(a)-pyrene (BaP), an animal carcinogen and a suspected human carcinogen, (IARC) is taken as a surrogate for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and polycyclic organic matter (POM).…”

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On Air Pollution, Environmental Tobacco Smoke, Radon, and Lung Cancer

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1988

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Air Pollution and Urban Factors in Relation to Cancer Mortality

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The mortality rate from lung metastases in animals inhaling nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)

The mortality rate from lung metastases in animals inhaling nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)

Mortality of an urban population by period of residence in a rapidly industrialized city

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The mortality rate from lung metastases in animals inhaling nitrogen dioxide (NO2)

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Mortality of an urban population by period of residence in a rapidly industrialized city

On Air Pollution, Environmental Tobacco Smoke, Radon, and Lung Cancer

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The mortality rate from lung metastases in animals inhaling nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)

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