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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES
卷 117, 期 11, 页码 1718-1723出版社
US DEPT HEALTH HUMAN SCIENCES PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0900566
关键词
arsenic; bronchitis; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; lung cancer; lung diseases; New Hampshire; pulmonary fibrosis; small-cell carcinoma; smoking; Vermont
资金
- National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health (NIH) [P20RR018787]
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH [P42ES007373]
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the carcinogenic potential of arsenic in areas with low to moderate concentrations of arsenic (< 100 mu g/L) in drinking water. OBJECTIVES: We examined associations between arsenic and lung cancer. METHODS: A population-based case-control study of primary incident lung cancer was conducted in 10 counties in two U.S. states, New Hampshire and Vermont. The study included 223 lung cancer cases and 238 controls, each of whom provided toenail clippings for arsenic exposure measurement by inductively coupled-plasma mass spectrometry. We estimated odds ratios (ORs) of the association between arsenic exposure and lung cancer using unconditional logistic regression with adjustment for potential confounders (age, sex, race/ethnicity, smoking pack-years, education, body mass index, fish servings per week, and toenail selenium level). RESULTS: Arsenic exposure was associated with small-cell and squamous-cell carcinoma of the lung [OR = 2.75; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.00-7.57] for toenail arsenic concentration >= 0.114 mu g/g, versus < 0.05 mu g/g. A history of lung disease (bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or fibrosis) was positively associated with lung cancer (OR = 2.86; 95% CI, 1.39-5.91). We also observed an elevated risk of lung cancer among participants with a history of lung disease and toenail arsenic >= 0.05 mu g/g (OR = 4.78; 95% CI, 1.87-12.2) than among individuals with low toenail arsenic and no history of lung disease. CONCLUSION: Although this study supports the possibility of an increased risk of specific lung cancer histologic types at lower levels of arsenic exposure, we recommend large-scale population-based studies.
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