1. Road Traffic Pollution and Childhood Leukemia: A Nationwide Case-control Study in Italy
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Corrado Magnani, Alessandra Ranucci, Chiara Badaloni, Giulia Cesaroni, Daniela Ferrante, Lucia Miligi, Stefano Mattioli, Roberto Rondelli, Luigi Bisanti, Paola Zambon, Santina Cannizzaro, Paola Michelozzi, Pierluigi Cocco, Egidio Celentano, Giorgio Assennato, Domenico Franco Merlo, Paola Mosciatti, Liliana Minelli, Marina Cuttini, Maria Valeria Torregrossa, Susanna Lagorio, Riccardo Haupt, Francesco Forastiere, Andrea Farioli, Alberto Salvan, Giuseppe Masera, Carmelo Rizzari, Alessandra Greco Veneto, Lorenzo Gafà, Lia Lidia Luzzatto, Alessandra Benvenuti, Ursula Kirchmayer, Claudia Galassi, Erni Guarino, Gigliola de Nichilo, Vittorio Bocchini, Manuela Chiavarini, Veronica Casotto, Rosaria Maria Valenti, Serena Risica, Alessandro Polichetti, Francesco Bochicchio, Cristina Nuccetelli, Pierfranco Biddau, Maurizio Aricò, Gian Luca DeSalvo, Franco Locatelli, Andrea Pession, Stefania Varotto, Vincenzo Poggi, Pia Massaglia, Daniele Monetti, Roberto Targhetta, Gabriella Bernini, Franco Pannelli, Giuseppe Sampietro, Gino Schilirò, Alessandro Pulsoni, Stefano Parodi, Magnani, Corrado, Ranucci, Alessandra, Badaloni, Chiara, Cesaroni, Giulia, Ferrante, Daniela, Miligi, Lucia, Mattioli, Stefano, Rondelli, Roberto, Bisanti, Luigi, Zambon, Paola, Cannizzaro, Santina, Michelozzi, Paola, Cocco, Pierluigi, Celentano, Egidio, Assennato, Giorgio, Merlo, Domenico Franco, Mosciatti, Paola, Minelli, Liliana, Cuttini, Marina, Torregrossa, Maria Valeria, Lagorio, Susanna, Haupt, Riccardo, Forastiere, Francesco, Magnani C, Ranucci A, Badaloni C, Cesaroni G, Ferrante D, Miligi L, Mattioli S, Rondelli R, Bisanti L, Zambon P, Cannizzaro S, Michelozzi P, Cocco P, Celentano E, Assennato G, Merlo DF, Mosciatti P, Minelli L, Cuttini M, Torregrossa MV, Lagorio S, Haupt R, Forastiere F, SETIL Working Group., Magnani, C, Ranucci, A, Badaloni, C, Cesaroni, G, Ferrante, D, Miligi, L, Mattioli, S, Rondelli, R, Bisanti, L, Zambon, P, Cannizzaro, S, Michelozzi, P, Cocco, P, Celentano, E, Assennato, G, Merlo, D, Mosciatti, P, Minelli, L, Cuttini, M, Torregrossa, M, Lagorio, S, Haupt, R, Forastiere, F, Farioli, A, Salvan, A, Masera, G, Rizzari, C, Greco Veneto, A, Gafa, L, Luzzatto, L, Benvenuti, A, Kirchmayer, U, Galassi, C, Guarino, E, de Nichilo, G, Bocchini, V, Chiavarini, M, Casotto, V, Valenti, R, Risica, S, Polichetti, A, Bochicchio, F, Nuccetelli, C, Biddau, P, Arico, M, Desalvo, G, Locatelli, F, Pession, A, Varotto, S, Poggi, V, Massaglia, P, Monetti, D, Targhetta, R, Bernini, G, Pannelli, F, Sampietro, G, Schiliro, G, Pulsoni, A, and Parodi, S
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Myeloid ,Male ,Future studies ,010501 environmental sciences ,Settore MED/42 - Igiene Generale E Applicata ,01 natural sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Economica ,hemic and lymphatic diseases ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Child ,Road traffic ,acute non lymphoblastic leukemia ,childhood ,environment ,leukemia ,road traffic ,air pollution ,case-control studies ,child ,child, preschool ,female ,humans ,infant ,Italy ,leukemia, myeloid, acute ,male ,precursor cell lymphoblastic leukemia-lymphoma ,risk ,motor vehicles ,medicine (all) ,Leukemia ,Traffic pollution ,Medicine (all) ,General Medicine ,Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma ,Motor Vehicles ,Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute ,Acute non Lymphoblastic Leukemia ,Settore MED/38 - PEDIATRIA GENERALE E SPECIALISTICA ,Road Traffic ,Child, Preschool ,Female ,Medical emergency ,Case-Control Studie ,Human ,Risk ,Childhood leukemia ,Socio-culturale ,Acute ,Environment ,Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia Lymphoma ,03 medical and health sciences ,Environmental health ,Air Pollution ,Humans ,Preschool ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,business.industry ,Case-control study ,Type specific ,Ambientale ,Infant ,medicine.disease ,Childhood ,Case-Control Studies ,Motor Vehicle ,business - Abstract
Background The association of childhood leukemia with traffic pollution was considered in a number of studies from 1989 onwards, with results not entirely consistent and little information regarding subtypes. Aim of the study We used the data of the Italian SETIL case-control on childhood leukemia to explore the risk by leukemia subtypes associated to exposure to vehicular traffic. Methods We included in the analyses 648 cases of childhood leukemia (565 Acute lymphoblastic–ALL and 80 Acute non lymphoblastic-AnLL) and 980 controls. Information on traffic exposure was collected from questionnaire interviews and from the geocoding of house addresses, for all periods of life of the children. Results We observed an increase in risk for AnLL, and at a lower extent for ALL, with indicators of exposure to traffic pollutants. In particular, the risk was associated to the report of closeness of the house to traffic lights and to the passage of trucks (OR: 1.76; 95% CI 1.03–3.01 for ALL and 6.35; 95% CI 2.59–15.6 for AnLL). The association was shown also in the analyses limited to AML and in the stratified analyses and in respect to the house in different period of life. Conclusions Results from the SETIL study provide some support to the association of traffic related exposure and risk for AnLL, but at a lesser extent for ALL. Our conclusion highlights the need for leukemia type specific analyses in future studies. Results support the need of controlling exposure from traffic pollution, even if knowledge is not complete.
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- 2016