Cancer risk assessment, indicators, and guidelines for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the ambient air.

CE Boström, P Gerde, A Hanberg… - Environmental …, 2002 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are formed during incomplete combustion.
Domestic wood burning and road traffic are the major sources of PAHs in Sweden. In …

Cancer risk from occupational and environmental exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

P Boffetta, N Jourenkova, P Gustavsson - Cancer Causes & Control, 1997 - Springer
Epidemiologic evidence on the relationship between polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAH) and cancer is reviewed. High occupational exposure to PAHs occurs in several …

Long-term air pollution exposure and acceleration of atherosclerosis and vascular inflammation in an animal model

Q Sun, A Wang, X Jin, A Natanzon, D Duquaine… - Jama, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
ContextRecent studies have suggested a link between inhaled particulate matter exposure
in urban areas and susceptibility to cardiovascular events; however, the precise …

Diesel engines: environmental impact and control

AC Lloyd, TA Cackette - Journal of the Air & Waste Management …, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
The diesel engine is the most efficient prime mover commonly available today. Diesel
engines move a large portion of the world's goods, power much of the world's equipment …

Systematic review with meta-analysis of the epidemiological evidence in the 1900s relating smoking to lung cancer

PN Lee, BA Forey, KJ Coombs - BMC cancer, 2012 - Springer
Background Smoking is a known lung cancer cause, but no detailed quantitative systematic
review exists. We summarize evidence for various indices. Methods Papers published …

Occupational exposure to diesel engine exhaust: a literature review

A Pronk, J Coble, PA Stewart - Journal of exposure science & …, 2009 - nature.com
Diesel exhaust (DE) is classified as a probable human carcinogen. Aims were to describe
the major occupational uses of diesel engines and give an overview of personal DE …

Diesel exhaust exposure and lung cancer

R Bhatia, P Lopipero, AH Smith - Epidemiology, 1998 - journals.lww.com
We evaluated the relation between occupational exposure to diesel exhaust and cancer of
the lung in a meta-analysis of 29 published cohort and case-control studies. Twenty-one of …

Occupational exposure to diesel exhaust and lung cancer: a meta-analysis.

M Lipsett, S Campleman - American journal of public …, 1999 - ajph.aphapublications.org
OBJECTIVES: We undertook a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies investigating the
relationship between occupational diesel exhaust exposure and lung cancer. METHODS …

Lung cancer in railroad workers exposed to diesel exhaust

E Garshick, F Laden, JE Hart, B Rosner… - Environmental …, 2004 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Diesel exhaust has been suspected to be a lung carcinogen. The assessment of this lung
cancer risk has been limited by lack of studies of exposed workers followed for many years …

US EPA health assessment for diesel engine exhaust: a review

C Ris - Inhalation toxicology, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
In 2002 the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a Health assessment
Document for Diesel Engine Exhaust. The objective of this assessment was to examine the …