Fine particulate matter air pollution and cognitive function among U.S. older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 322-328

  Ailshire, Jennifer A ^a   Clarke, Philippa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Neighborhoods; Pollution

Indexed keywords

PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; AGING; AIR POLLUTION; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AIR POLLUTION; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924359617     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbu064     Document Type: Article

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