Air quality improvement and cognitive decline in community-dwelling older women in the United States: A longitudinal cohort study.
Diana YounanXinhui WangJoshua MillsteinAndrew J PetkusDaniel A BeaversMark A EspelandHelena C ChuiSusan M ResnickMargaret GatzJoel Daniel KaufmanGregory A WelleniusEric A WhitselJo Ann E MansonStephen R RappJiu-Chiuan ChenPublished in: PLoS medicine (2022)
In this study, we found that greater improvement in long-term AQ in late life was associated with slower cognitive declines in older women. This novel observation strengthens the epidemiologic evidence of an association between air pollution and cognitive aging.