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ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2017

Association of Ambient Air Pollution with Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Older Adults: Results from the NSHAP Study.

Vivian C Pun, Justin Manjourides, Helen Suh

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Article in Environmental health perspectives, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 155 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

155 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. Characteristics of cohort studies of long-term exposure to PMEnvironmental science and pollution research international · 2019
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  13. Ambient PMBMC public health · 2026
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  18. Air pollution and depression symptoms in middle-aged and older adults in Los Angeles County.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Vivian C PunDepartment of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Justin Manjourides
Helen Suh

Funding

National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project: Anaylsis of Wave 1 and Wave 2R37AG030481 · NIA · NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER · PI WAITE, LINDA J · 2008 to 2017
$15.4M
National Social Life, Health and Aging Project (RMI)R01AG021487 · NIA · NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER · PI WAITE, LINDA J · 2003 to 2007
$12.2M
NSHAP Wave II Partner Data CollectionR01AG033903 · NIA · NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER · PI WAITE, LINDA J · 2009 to 2013
$5.8M
Air Pollution, Subclinical CVD, and Inflammatory Markers in the SEARCH CohortR01ES019168 · NIEHS · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI PUETT, ROBIN · 2011 to 2014
$2.3M
Impact of Air Pollution, Weather, and Lifestyle on Health in Older AmericansR01ES022657 · NIEHS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY MEDFORD · PI SUH, HELEN · 2013 to 2016
$1.3M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG021487NIA NIH HHS R01 AG033903NIA NIH HHS R37 AG030481NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES019168NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES022657
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAmbient fine particulate matter (PM

objectiveWe examined the association between PM

methodsMental health was evaluated using validated, standardized questionnaires and clinically relevant cases were identified using well-established cutoffs; daily PM

resultsAn increase in PM

conclusionPM

Indexed as

AgedAir PollutantsAir PollutionAnxietyCohort StudiesDepressionEnvironmental ExposureHumansParticulate MatterAir PollutantsParticulate Matter

Identifiers

PMID27517877
PMCPMC5332196

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