Associations of Air Pollution and Noise with Local Brain Structure in a Cohort of Older Adults

• Published in: Environmental health perspectives Vol. 128; no. 6; pp. 67012 - 134023
• Main Authors: Nußbaum, René, Lucht, Sarah, Jockwitz, Christiane, Moebus, Susanne, Engel, Miriam, Jöckel, Karl-Heinz, Caspers, Svenja, Hoffmann, Barbara
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 01.06.2020; Environmental Health Perspectives
• Subjects: Adults; Age; Aged; Aging; Air Pollutants; Air pollution; Air Pollution - statistics & numerical data; Alzheimer's disease; Atmospheric chemistry; Atrophy; Background noise; Brain; Brain - anatomy & histology; Brain research; Cognition; Cognitive ability; Cohort Studies; Confidence intervals; Cross-Sectional Studies; Elderly; Environmental Exposure - statistics & numerical data; Exposure; Female; Hemispheric laterality; Humans; Investigations; Land use; Magnetic resonance imaging; Male; Markers; Neuroimaging; Neuropsychology; Night; Nighttime; Nitrogen Dioxide; Nitrogen Oxides; Noise; Noise control; Noise levels; Noise pollution; Older people; Outdoor air quality; Particulate emissions; Particulate Matter; Pattern recognition; Photochemicals; Physiological aspects; Population studies; Regression analysis; Short term memory; Statistical analysis; Traffic; Women; Germany; Europe

Despite the importance of understanding associations of air pollution and noise exposure with loss of neurocognitive performance, studies investigating these exposures and local brain structure are limited. We estimated associations of residential air pollution and noise exposures with neurocognitiv...