ReviewCurrent environmental health reports2017
Environmental Pollutants, Limitations in Physical Functioning, and Frailty in Older Adults.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- Unclean Cooking Fuel Use and Slow Gait Speed Among Older Adults From 6 Countries.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2023Pooled it
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- Lead exposure and physical frailty in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: cross-sectional results from the METAL study.Endocrine · 2025Article
- Associations between housing quality and sarcopenia among older adults: evidence from China and India.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2025Article
- Interaction of household air pollution and healthy lifestyle on the risk of sarcopenia: China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2025Article
- Outdoor nitrogen dioxide exposure and longitudinal health status trajectory in the Canadian National Population Health Survey.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Comment on 'Total Magnesium Intake and Risk of Frailty in Older Women' by Struijk Et Al.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2024Article
- Association of Air Quality Improvement and Frailty Progression: A National Study across China.Toxics · 2024Article
- Accelerated aging and altered subclinical response to ozone exposure in young, healthy adults.Environmental epigenetics · 2024Article
- Urinary Phthalate Metabolites and Slow Walking Speed in the Korean Elderly Environmental Panel II Study.Environmental health perspectives · 2023Article
- Moderate selenium mitigates hand grip strength impairment associated with elevated blood cadmium and lead levels in middle-aged and elderly individuals: insights from NHANES 2011-2014.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Article
- Environmental Factors in the Rehabilitation Framework: Role of the One Health Approach to Improve the Complex Management of Disability.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Longitudinal Associations Between Household Solid Fuel Use and Handgrip Strength in Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Individuals: The China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Association between Phthalate Exposure and Frailty among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Repeated Panel Data Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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- Environmental exposure and health effects in a highly polluted area of Northern Italy: a narrative review.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2019Review
- Frailty as the Future Core Business of Public Health: Report of the Activities of the A3 Action Group of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Review
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purpose of reviewFrailty is an age-related syndrome characterized by reductions in strength, endurance, and physiologic function that increase an individual's vulnerability for developing dependence or death. Extensive research is currently being conducted to determine preventable risk factors and mechanistic pathways of frailty. This review summarizes the existing evidence on the potential associations between environmental pollutants, limitations in physical functioning, and frailty among older adults. RECENT
findingsWe found only a few studies evaluating the association between specific environmental pollutants and frailty. Cross-sectional studies suggest an association between second-hand smoke and lead exposure with the prevalence of functional limitations and frailty in older adults; they also suggest a link between cobaltum exposure and walking problems. One longitudinal study found an increased risk of frailty after PM2.5 exposure among individuals hospitalized with a myocardial infarction, while another found an inverse association between cadmium and phthalate exposure and hand-grip strength. There is a clear need for more studies to assess the effects of environmental pollution on physical functioning decline, frailty development, and its progression. Environmental and geriatric epidemiologists should work together to address important research challenges.
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