Traffic-related air pollution in relation to cognitive function in older adults

Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 674-681

  Tonne, Cathryn ^a,b   Elbaz, Alexis ^c,d   Beevers, Sean ^b   Singh Manoux, Archana ^c,d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEMORY; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHONEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REASONING; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTIC FLUENCY; STANDARDIZED MEMORY SCORE; TRAFFIC; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL FLUENCY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOXICITY; VERY ELDERLY;

AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; URBAN HEALTH; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84905578698     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000144     Document Type: Article

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