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Measuring Carbon Content in Airway Macrophages Exposed to Carbon-Containing Particulate Matters
Published on: July 12, 2024
[A case-control study on the relationship among indoor air pollution,depression and oncogenesis of lung cancer]
Xiwen Sun1, Xudong Dai, Yubo Shi
1Cancer Research Institute, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, P.R.China.
Background:
To evaluate the relationship among indoor air pollution, depression and oncogenesis of lung cancer.
Methods:
An 1:3 matched case-control study was carried out. Conditional logistic regression was applied to process the data.
Results:
After some confounding factors were adjusted, the ORs increased 122% and 113% for the amount of coal using ≥46kg/m² and heating by coal stove respectively. The ORs elevated more than five-folds for disharmony and rupture of marriage, difference of accommodation and acclimation by oneself and human relationship respectively. The risk of lung caner obviously increased for frequent exposure to indoor cooking smoke combinated with depressed mood or mental scar respectively.
Conclusions:
The indoor air pollution, depression and mental scar are important factors of oncogenesis of lung cancer.
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