Traffic-related air pollution and dementia incidence in Northern Sweden: A longitudinal study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 306-312

  Oudin, Anna ^a   Forsberg, Bertil ^a   Adolfsson, Annelie Nordin ^b   Lind, Nina ^a   Modig, Lars ^a   Nordin, Maria ^a   Nordin, Steven ^a   Adolfsson, Rolf ^b   Nilsson, Lars Göran ^c,d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Division of Psychiatry   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS; CITY; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; TOXICITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CITIES; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN OXIDES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84959277051     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1408322     Document Type: Article

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