Traffic-related air pollution exposure at birth and risk of childhood leukemia: results from the GEOCAP-Birth case–control study

Aurélie M. N. Danjou; Antoine Lafontaine; Bénédicte Jacquemin; Danielle Vienneau; Kees de Hoogh; Laure Faure; Jacqueline Clavel; Stéphanie Goujon

doi:10.1186/s12940-025-01227-x

Traffic-related air pollution exposure at birth and risk of childhood leukemia: results from the GEOCAP-Birth case–control study

Aurélie M. N. Danjou^*
, Antoine Lafontaine
, Bénédicte Jacquemin
, Danielle Vienneau
, Kees de Hoogh
, Laure Faure
, Jacqueline Clavel
, Stéphanie Goujon

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of Basel
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 57, 4051 Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Petersplatz 1, 4001 Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: [email protected].

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Abstract

Air pollution, in particular due to traffic, is suspected of increasing the risk of childhood acute leukemia (AL), most of the evidence coming from epidemiological studies and literature reviews that focused on the time around diagnosis. Using data on the national scale, we tested the hypothesis that prenatal exposure to traffic-related air pollution increases the risk of childhood AL.

Original language	English
Article number	80
Journal	Environmental health
Volume	24
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-025-01227-x
Publication status	Published - 22 Oct 2025
Externally published	Yes

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Traffic-related air pollution exposure at birth and risk of childhood leukemia: results from the GEOCAP-Birth case–control study

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