Long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with biological aging

Oncotarget

Volumn 7, Issue 46, 2016, Pages 74510-74525

  Ward Caviness, Cavin K ^a   Nwanaji Enwerem, Jamaji C ^b   Wolf, Kathrin ^a   Wahl, Simone ^a   Colicino, Elena ^c   Trevisi, Letizia ^d   Kloog, Itai ^e   Just, Allan C ^f   Vokonas, Pantel ^g   Cyrys, Josef ^a   Gieger, Christian ^a   Schwartz, Joel ^b   Baccarelli, Andrea A ^c   Schneider, Alexandra ^a   Peters, Annette ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Neuherberg ^*  (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Biological aging; Black carbon; Epigenetic aging; Gerotarget; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TELOMERE LENGTH; AIR POLLUTANT; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; TIME FACTOR;

AGED; AGING; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84996605406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19492553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.12903     Document Type: Article

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