Hazed and confused: the effect of air pollution on dementia

KC Bishop, JD Ketcham… - Review of Economic …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We study whether long-term cumulative exposure to airborne small particulate matter (PM2.
5) affects the probability that an individual receives a new diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease …

[HTML][HTML] Exposure to ambient air pollution and the incidence of dementia: a population-based cohort study

H Chen, JC Kwong, R Copes, P Hystad… - Environment …, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction Emerging studies have implicated air pollution in the neurodegenerative
processes. Less is known about the influence of air pollution, especially at the relatively low …

Incident dementia and long-term exposure to constituents of fine particle air pollution: A national cohort study in the United States

L Shi, Q Zhu, Y Wang, H Hao… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Growing evidence suggests that fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) likely increases the risks of
dementia, yet little is known about the relative contributions of different constituents. Here …

[HTML][HTML] A national cohort study (2000–2018) of long-term air pollution exposure and incident dementia in older adults in the United States

L Shi, K Steenland, H Li, P Liu, Y Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Air pollution may increase risk of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) in the
US, but the extent of this relationship is unclear. Here, we constructed two national US …

Comparison of particulate air pollution from different emission sources and incident dementia in the US

B Zhang, J Weuve, KM Langa, J D'Souza… - JAMA Internal …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Emerging evidence indicates that exposure to fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) air
pollution may increase dementia risk in older adults. Although this evidence suggests …

[HTML][HTML] Exposure to low-dose ambient fine particulate matter PM2.5 and Alzheimer's disease, non-Alzheimer's dementia, and Parkinson's disease in North Carolina

SH Rhew, J Kravchenko, HK Lyerly - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD), non-AD dementia, and Parkinson's disease (PD) are increasingly
common in older adults, yet all risk factors for their onset are not fully understood …

Fine particulate matter and dementia incidence in the adult changes in thought study

RM Shaffer, MN Blanco, G Li, SD Adar… - Environmental …, 2021 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Air pollution may be associated with elevated dementia risk. Prior research has
limitations that may affect reliability, and no studies have evaluated this question in a …

Evaluating the impact of long-term exposure to fine particulate matter on mortality among the elderly

X Wu, D Braun, J Schwartz, MA Kioumourtzoglou… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Many studies link long-term fine particle (PM2. 5) exposure to mortality, even at levels below
current US air quality standards (12 micrograms per cubic meter). These findings have been …

[HTML][HTML] Particulate matter air pollution and national and county life expectancy loss in the USA: A spatiotemporal analysis

JE Bennett, H Tamura-Wicks, RM Parks… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Exposure to fine particulate matter pollution (PM2. 5) is hazardous to health.
Our aim was to directly estimate the health and longevity impacts of current PM2. 5 …

Association of short-term exposure to air pollution with mortality in older adults

Q Di, L Dai, Y Wang, A Zanobetti, C Choirat… - Jama, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The US Environmental Protection Agency is required to reexamine its National
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) every 5 years, but evidence of mortality risk is …