Fine particulate matter air pollution and cognitive function among older US adults

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 359-366

  Ailshire, Jennifer A ^a   Crimmins, Eileen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cognitive function; Communities; Health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COGNITION; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; METROPOLITAN AREA; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETIREMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AIR MONITOR; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

UNITED STATES;

PARTICULATE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84907300021     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu155     Document Type: Article

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