Association between residential greenness and all-cause mortality and the joint mediation effect of air pollutants among old people with disability: A prospective cohort study

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 858; no. Pt 3; p. 159604
• Main Authors: Feng, Chuanteng, Yu, Bin, Fei, Teng, Jia, Peng, Dou, Qingyu, Yang, Shujuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.02.2023
• Subjects: air; Air pollution; at-risk population; Causal mediation analysis; cohort studies; elderly; Enhanced vegetation index; environment; long term care insurance; Mortality; Old people with disability; risk; risk reduction; vegetation index; Old people with disability; Enhanced vegetation index; Air pollution; Causal mediation analysis; Mortality

Residential greenness offers health benefits to old people, but evidence of its association with the health of old people with disability is scarce. Moreover, due to the limited mobility of this vulnerable population, air pollutants may play an indispensable mediating role in that association, which...