Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and risk of dementia: Results of the prospective Three-City Study

• Published in: Environment international Vol. 148; p. 106376
• Main Authors: Mortamais, Marion, Gutierrez, Laure-Anne, de Hoogh, Kees, Chen, Jie, Vienneau, Danielle, Carrière, Isabelle, Letellier, Noémie, Helmer, Catherine, Gabelle, Audrey, Mura, Thibault, Sunyer, Jordi, Benmarhnia, Tarik, Jacquemin, Bénédicte, Berr, Claudine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2021; Elsevier
• Subjects: Aged; Air Pollutants - adverse effects; Air Pollutants - analysis; Air pollution; Air Pollution - adverse effects; Air Pollution - analysis; Black carbon; Cohort; Dementia; Ecology, environment; Elderly; Environmental Exposure - adverse effects; Environmental Exposure - analysis; Female; Fine particulate matter; Geriatry and gerontology; Health; Human health and pathology; Humans; Incidence; Life Sciences; Male; Nitrogen dioxide; Particulate Matter - adverse effects; Particulate Matter - analysis; Prospective Studies; Psychiatrics and mental health; Santé publique et épidémiologie; Fine particulate matter; Cohort; Air pollution; Nitrogen dioxide; Elderly; Black carbon; Dementia; Incidence

•Exploring the effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on dementia incidence.•PM2.5 level was associated with Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia incidence.•No association was detected between NO2 or black carbon exposure and dementia risk.•PM2.5 might be a modifiable risk factor of the...