By multilayer spiral low-dose computed tomography (LD-CT) of the chest this study assesses the early detection of lung lesions on a sample of 100 traffic policemen of a big Italian city professionally exposed to urban pollutants and 100 controls non-occupationally exposed to urban pollutants matched by sex, age, length of service and cigarette smoking habit Exposure to urban pollutants in traffic policemen was characterized using the annual average concentrations of PM(10), NO(2) and benzene Ill the period 1998-2008 measured by fixed monitoring stations located in different areas of the city A significant and increasing number of suspicious lung nodules with diameters between 5 and 10 mm was observed, in traffic policemen (including smokers and non-smokers) vs controls (including smokers and nonsmokers), in total smokers (including traffic policemen and controls) vs total non-smokers (traffic policemen and controls), in smoker traffic policemen vs smoker controls and vs non-smoker traffic policemen; in non-smoker traffic policemen vs non-smoker controls The RR of finding cases with at least one lung nodule with diameters between 5 and 10 mm in traffic policemen (including smokers and non-smokers) compared to controls (including smokers and non-smokers) is 1.94 (CI 1.13-3.31), in total smokers vs. non-smokers the RR is 1.96 (CI 1.20-3.19) The comparison between the interaction exposure and smoking shows an increase in smoker traffic policemen than in smoker controls (RR=2.14, CI 1.02-4.52) The RR for smoker traffic policemen was higher than in non-smoker traffic policemen (RR=2.09, CI 1.19-3.66). The results of our study show that. (1) while smoker workers have a higher risk for developing solid suspicious lung nodules, the simple routinely exposure to urban pollutants is unable to produce the same kind of increased risk; (2) the interaction of smoking and exposure to urban pollutants greatly increases the risk for the development of solid suspicious lung nodules. In conclusion, the use of chest LD-CT in workers at risk helps identify suspicious solid lung nodules at early stage (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc All rights reserved.

Pulmonary nodules in workers exposed to urban stressor / Sancini, Angela; Fioravanti, Mario; Ciarrocca, Manuela; Palermo, Paola; Fiaschetti, Maria; Schifano, MARIA PIA; Tomei, Gianfranco; Tomei, Francesco. - In: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. - ISSN 0013-9351. - 110:5(2010), pp. 519-525. [10.1016/j.envres.2010.04.001]

Pulmonary nodules in workers exposed to urban stressor

SANCINI, angela;FIORAVANTI, Mario;CIARROCCA, Manuela;PALERMO, PAOLA;FIASCHETTI, MARIA;SCHIFANO, MARIA PIA;TOMEI, GIANFRANCO;TOMEI, Francesco
2010

Abstract

By multilayer spiral low-dose computed tomography (LD-CT) of the chest this study assesses the early detection of lung lesions on a sample of 100 traffic policemen of a big Italian city professionally exposed to urban pollutants and 100 controls non-occupationally exposed to urban pollutants matched by sex, age, length of service and cigarette smoking habit Exposure to urban pollutants in traffic policemen was characterized using the annual average concentrations of PM(10), NO(2) and benzene Ill the period 1998-2008 measured by fixed monitoring stations located in different areas of the city A significant and increasing number of suspicious lung nodules with diameters between 5 and 10 mm was observed, in traffic policemen (including smokers and non-smokers) vs controls (including smokers and nonsmokers), in total smokers (including traffic policemen and controls) vs total non-smokers (traffic policemen and controls), in smoker traffic policemen vs smoker controls and vs non-smoker traffic policemen; in non-smoker traffic policemen vs non-smoker controls The RR of finding cases with at least one lung nodule with diameters between 5 and 10 mm in traffic policemen (including smokers and non-smokers) compared to controls (including smokers and non-smokers) is 1.94 (CI 1.13-3.31), in total smokers vs. non-smokers the RR is 1.96 (CI 1.20-3.19) The comparison between the interaction exposure and smoking shows an increase in smoker traffic policemen than in smoker controls (RR=2.14, CI 1.02-4.52) The RR for smoker traffic policemen was higher than in non-smoker traffic policemen (RR=2.09, CI 1.19-3.66). The results of our study show that. (1) while smoker workers have a higher risk for developing solid suspicious lung nodules, the simple routinely exposure to urban pollutants is unable to produce the same kind of increased risk; (2) the interaction of smoking and exposure to urban pollutants greatly increases the risk for the development of solid suspicious lung nodules. In conclusion, the use of chest LD-CT in workers at risk helps identify suspicious solid lung nodules at early stage (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc All rights reserved.
2010
ld-ct; lung cancer; traffic police workers; urban air pollutants; lung nodules
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Pulmonary nodules in workers exposed to urban stressor / Sancini, Angela; Fioravanti, Mario; Ciarrocca, Manuela; Palermo, Paola; Fiaschetti, Maria; Schifano, MARIA PIA; Tomei, Gianfranco; Tomei, Francesco. - In: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. - ISSN 0013-9351. - 110:5(2010), pp. 519-525. [10.1016/j.envres.2010.04.001]
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