Ambient air pollution and neurotoxicity on brain structure: Evidence from women's health initiative memory study

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 466-476

  Chen, Jiu Chiuan ^a   Wang, Xinhui ^a   Wellenius, Gregory A ^b   Serre, Marc L ^c   Driscoll, Ira ^d   Casanova, Ramon ^e   McArdle, John J ^f   Manson, Joann E ^g   Chui, Helena C ^a   Espeland, Mark A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMUNITY LIVING; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BRAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; MEMORY DISORDERS; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

PARTICULATE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION; BRAIN; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; ORGAN SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84939654744     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.24460     Document Type: Article

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