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Ambient Air Pollution, Noise, and Late-Life Cognitive Decline and Dementia Risk
Paul KC, Haan M, Mayeda ER, Ritz BR.. Annual review of public health, 2019-04-01
Topic: Air pollution and environmental exposures
Exposure to ambient air pollution and noise is ubiquitous globally. A strong body of evidence links air pollution, and recently noise, to cardiovascular conditions that eventually may also affect cognition in the elderly. Data that support a broader influence of these exposures on cognitive function during aging is just starting to emerge. This review summarizes current findings and discusses methodological challenges and opportunities for research. Although current evidence is still limited, especially for chronic noise exposure, high exposure has been associated with faster cognitive decline either mediated through cerebrovascular events or resulting in Alzheimer's disease. Ambient environmental exposures are chronic and affect large populations. While they may yield relatively modest-sized risks, they nevertheless result in large numbers of cases. Reducing environmental pollution is clearly feasible, though lowering levels requires collective action and long-term policies such as standard setting, often at the national level as well as at the local level.
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Paul, K. C., Haan, M., Mayeda, E. R., & Ritz, B. R. (2019). Ambient Air Pollution, Noise, and Late-Life Cognitive Decline and Dementia Risk. Annual review of public health. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-040218-044058
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Paul KC, Haan M, Mayeda ER, Ritz BR. Ambient Air Pollution, Noise, and Late-Life Cognitive Decline and Dementia Risk. Annual review of public health. 2019. doi:10.1146/annurev-publhealth-040218-044058. PMID: 30935305.
BibTeX
@article{paul2019-30935305,
author = {Paul, K. C. and Haan, M. and Mayeda, E. R. and Ritz, B. R.},
title = {{Ambient Air Pollution, Noise, and Late-Life Cognitive Decline and Dementia Risk}},
journal = {Annual review of public health},
year = {2019},
doi = {10.1146/annurev-publhealth-040218-044058},
pmid = {30935305},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-040218-044058}
}
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Key findings
- Although current evidence is still limited, especially for chronic noise exposure, high exposure has been associated with faster cognitive decline either mediated through cerebrovascular events or resulting in Alzheimer's disease.
- While they may yield relatively modest-sized risks, they nevertheless result in large numbers of cases.
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- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 38/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomized / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record and multicenter collaboration, so those were left out: it earned 22 of the 58 points we could judge it on, which is 38 out of 100.
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| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Annual review of public health) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 2 / 5 | 2019 — within 10 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomized / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomization or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
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| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
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| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 30935305) |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Points | 22 / 58 | Scored on 11 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 22 of the 58 points we could judge it on is 38 out of 100. |
| Total | 38 / 100 | — |
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