Exposure to ambient air pollution and the incidence of dementia: A population-based cohort study

Environment International

Volumn 108, Issue , 2017, Pages 271-277

  Chen, Hong ^a,b,c   Kwong, Jeffrey C ^a,b,c,d   Copes, Ray ^a,c   Hystad, Perry ^e   van Donkelaar, Aaron ^f   Tu, Karen ^b,d,g   Brook, Jeffrey R ^c,h   Goldberg, Mark S ⁱ   Martin, Randall V ^f,j   Murray, Brian J ^k   Wilton, Andrew S ^b   Kopp, Alexander ^b   Burnett, Richard T ^l  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

ⁱ MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^k SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^l HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Cohort; Dementia; Fine particulate matter; Nitrogen dioxides; Ozone

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; HAZARDS; LAND USE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURES; COHORT; COX PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; DEMENTIA; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; LAND-USE REGRESSION MODELS; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; MENTAL HEALTH; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; VERY ELDERLY; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PARTICULATE MATTER; TOXICITY;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ONTARIO; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 85029291902     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2017.08.020     Document Type: Article

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