ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2021
Residential exposure to transportation noise in Denmark and incidence of dementia: national cohort study.
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- Ambient air pollution and clinical dementia: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2023Pooled it
- Chronic Noise Exposure and Risk of Dementia: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Integrating the physical environment into Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease related dementias research: A Gateway Exposome Coordinating Center (GECC) agenda on gaps and priorities.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Review
- Circadian syndrome (CircS) and cognitive trajectory deterioration in middle-aged and older adults: A national cohort study with causal forest analysis.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Article
- Neighborhood environmental deprivation predicts the generalized neurocognitive deficit in schizophrenia.Schizophrenia research · 2026Article
- Association of road traffic noise exposure with dementia or cognitive impairment - A systematic review of longitudinal cohort studies.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Prevention and treatment of noise-induced hearing loss and cochlear synapse degeneration by potassium channel blockers in vivo.Hearing research · 2025Article
- Long-term exposure to air pollution and risk of dementia among older individuals of a Danish nationwide administrative cohort.Environment international · 2025Article
- Social determinants of dementia: A scoping review.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
- Study on the effects of traffic noise and spring water sound at different sound pressure levels on brain dynamic activity.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Living and neighborhood environments and anxiety symptoms among older adults in Anhui, China: evidence from a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The Relationship between Noise Pollution and Depression and Implications for Healthy Aging: A Spatial Analysis Using Routinely Collected Primary Care Data.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2025Article
- Interventions by Cardiovascular Drugs Against Aircraft Noise-Induced Cardiovascular Oxidative Stress and Damage.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Tackling noise pollution in climate adaptation and mitigation: planetary health benefits towards a net-zero future.Oxford open climate change · 2025Article
- Noise and mental health: evidence, mechanisms, and consequences.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Review
- Transportation noise pollution as a cardiovascular risk factor: from epidemiological evidence to mechanistic insights.EXCLI journal · 2025Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the association between long term residential exposure to road traffic and railway noise and risk of incident dementia.
designNationwide prospective register based cohort study.
settingDenmark.
participants1 938 994 adults aged ≥60 years living in Denmark between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2017.
main outcome measuresIncident cases of all cause dementia and dementia subtypes (Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, and Parkinson's disease related dementia), identified from national hospital and prescription registries.
resultsThe study population included 103 500 participants with incident dementia, and of those, 31 219 received a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, 8664 of vascular dementia, and 2192 of Parkinson's disease related dementia. Using Cox regression models, 10 year mean exposure to road traffic and railway noise at the most (L
conclusionsThis nationwide cohort study found transportation noise to be associated with a higher risk of all cause dementia and dementia subtypes, especially Alzheimer's disease.
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