Association between air pollutants and dementia risk in the elderly

Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 220-228

  Wu, Yun Chun ^a   Lin, Yuan Chien ^a   Yu, Hwa Lung ^a   Chen, Jen Hau ^b   Chen, Ta Fu ^b   Sun, Yu ^c   Wen, Li Li ^c   Yip, Ping Keung ^d   Chu, Yi Min ^e   Chen, Yen Ching ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c EN CHU KONG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CARDINAL TIEN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air pollutant; Alzheimer's disease; Ozone; Particulate matter; The elderly; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938683053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23528729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dadm.2014.11.015     Document Type: Article

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