Long-term effects of PM2.5 components on incident dementia in the Northeastern United States
Growing evidence has linked long-term PM2.5 exposure to neurological disorders. Less is known about the individual effects of PM2.5 components. A population-based cohort study investigated the association between long-term (1-year average) exposure to PM2.5 components and dementia incidence among the elderly population (age ≥65 years) in the United States (US). We used data from the Medicare Chronic Conditions Warehouse and a high-resolution PM2.5 components dataset of the Northeastern US (2000-2017).
