Mental health consequences of urban air pollution: prospective population-based longitudinal survey.
Ioannis BakolisRyan HammoudRobert StewartSean BeeversDavid DajnakShirlee MacCrimmonMatthew BroadbentMegan PritchardNarushige ShiodeDaniela FechtJohn GulliverMatthew HotopfStephani L HatchIan S MudwayPublished in: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology (2020)
The findings suggest that traffic-related air pollution is adversely affecting mental health. Whilst causation cannot be proved, this work suggests substantial morbidity from mental disorders could be avoided with improved air quality.