A Meta-analysis of Traffic-related Air Pollution and Risk of Childhood Leukemia

BACKGROUND: Many studies have analyzed the association between traffic-related air pollution and risk of childhood leukemia, but the results are inconsistent. Therefore, we performed this meta-analysis to investigate the association between traffic-related air pollution and risk of childhood leukemia.

METHODS: PubMed, Cochrane, and Embase databases were searched by the index words to identify eligible case-control studies, and relevant literature sources were also searched. The latest research was performed in September 2017. Odds ratio (OR) along with 95% confidence interval (95% CI) were used to analyzed the main outcomes.

RESULTS: Twenty-one case-control studies were included in the meta-analysis. The results indicated that in the studies of overall traffic density (OR: 1.01, 95% CI: 0.98-1.04), high traffic density (OR: 1.04, 95% CI: 0.91-1.17), moderate exposure to NO2 (OR: 1.02, 95% CI: 0.93-1.10), and benzene (OR: 1.04, 95% CI: 0.71-1.37), the risks of childhood leukemia incidence were higher in the case group than the control group, but no significant difference was found. In other analysis, no significant difference was observed in the risk of childhood leukemia in the 2 groups.

CONCLUSIONS: Current evidence suggests that childhood leukemia is associated with traffic density, and moderate exposure to NO2 and benzene. However, more high-quality studies are required to confirm the conclusions.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:41

Enthalten in:

Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology - 41(2019), 4 vom: 01. Mai, Seite 267-274

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gong, Zeng-Hong [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jian [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xiao-Yong [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Min-Min [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Jian [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Meta-Analysis

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Date Completed 13.12.2019

Date Revised 17.12.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/MPH.0000000000001413

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM296462454