Associations of long-term exposure to air pollution and road traffic noise with cognitive function—An analysis of effect measure modification

Environment International

Volumn 103, Issue , 2017, Pages 30-38

  Tzivian, Lilian ^a,b   Jokisch, Martha ^c   Winkler, Angela ^c   Weimar, Christian ^c   Hennig, Frauke ^a   Sugiri, Dorothea ^d   Soppa, Vanessa J ^a   Dragano, Nico ^e   Erbel, Raimund ^f   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^f   Moebus, Susanne ^f   Hoffmann, Barbara ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^d IUF LEIBNIZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^e Department of Orthopedic Surgery   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cognitive function; Effect modification; Traffic noise

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; AIR POLLUTION; BRAIN; LAND USE; NITROGEN OXIDES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS;

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENTS; COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EFFECT MODIFICATIONS; INTER QUARTILE RANGES; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; TRAFFIC NOISE; TRAFFIC-RELATED AIR POLLUTION;

NOISE POLLUTION;

NITROGEN OXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; NITROGEN OXIDES; NOISE POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL COGNITIVE SCORE; HUMAN; LAND USE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NIGHT; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCORING SYSTEM; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC NOISE; VERY ELDERLY; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; COGNITION; HOUSING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EUROPE;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN OXIDES; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85016242425     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2017.03.018     Document Type: Article

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