Background Ambient air pollution is suspected to cause lung cancer. We aimed to assess
the association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and lung cancer …

We present the results of the Air Pollution and Health: A European Approach 2 (APHEA2)
project on short-term effects of ambient particles on mortality with emphasis on effect …

Background Few studies on long-term exposure to air pollution and mortality have been
reported from Europe. Within the multicentre European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (…

Objectives: To carry out a prospective combined quantitative analysis of the associations
between all cause mortality and ambient particulate matter and sulphur dioxide. Design: …

Background The systematic evaluation of the results of time-series studies of air pollution is
challenged by differences in model specification and publication bias. Methods We …

The APHEA 2 project investigated short-term health effects of particles in eight European cities.
In each city associations between particles with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 10 …

Background: Epidemiologic studies show that high temperatures are related to mortality, but
little is known about the exposure-response function and the lagged effect of heat. We report …

We conducted a combined analysis of the original data to evaluate the consistency of 12
case-control studies of diet and breast cancer. Our analysis shows a consistent, statistically …

Weather-related health effects have attracted renewed interest because of the observed
and predicted climate change. The authors studied the short-term effects of cold weather on …

Background The present study aimed at developing a standardized heat wave definition to
estimate and compare the impact on mortality by gender, age and death causes in Europe …