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ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2024

Early life exposure to air pollution and psychotic-like experiences, emotional symptoms, and conduct problems in middle childhood.

Melissa Bradley, Kimberlie Dean, Samsung Lim, Kristin R Laurens, Felicity Harris, Stacy Tzoumakis, Kirstie O'Hare, Vaughan J Carr, Melissa J Green

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Article in Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Revisiting 'environmental effects': Directions for multidisciplinary investigations of air quality and psychopathology.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Melissa BradleySchool of Clinical Medicine, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
Kimberlie DeanSchool of Clinical Medicine, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
Samsung LimSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Kristin R LaurensSchool of Psychology and Counselling, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Felicity HarrisSchool of Clinical Medicine, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
Stacy TzoumakisSchool of Clinical Medicine, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
Kirstie O'HareSchool of Clinical Medicine, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
Vaughan J CarrSchool of Clinical Medicine, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
Melissa J GreenSchool of Clinical Medicine, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia. melissa.green@unsw.edu.au.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAir pollution has been linked to a variety of childhood mental health problems, but results are inconsistent across studies and the effect of exposure timing is unclear. We examined the associations between air pollution exposure at two time-points in early development and psychotic-like experiences (PLEs), and emotional and conduct symptoms, assessed in middle childhood (mean age 11.5 years).

methodsParticipants were 19,932 children selected from the NSW Child Development Study (NSW-CDS) with available linked multi-agency data from birth, and self-reported psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) and psychopathology at age 11-12 years (middle childhood). We used binomial logistic regression to examine associations between exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO

resultsIn fully adjusted models, NO

conclusionsThis study highlights the need for a better understanding of potential mechanisms of action of NO

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Air PollutantsAir PollutionMental DisordersChildEnvironmental ExposureHumansNitrogen DioxideParticulate MatterAir PollutantsNitrogen DioxideParticulate MatterChildhood mental healthEnvironmental riskNitrogen dioxideParticulate matterPsychosis-proneness

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PMID37470830
PMCPMC10799785

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