Neurodegenerative hospital admissions and long-term exposure to ambient fine particle air pollution.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Long-term exposure to ambient fine particle (PM_2.5) concentrations has been associated with an increased rate or risk of neurodegenerative conditions, but individual PM sources have not been previously examined in relation to neurodegenerative diseases.

Methods

Using the Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System database, we studied 63,287 hospital admissions with a primary diagnosis of either Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or Parkinson's disease for New York State residents living within 15 miles from six PM_2.5 monitoring sites. In addition to PM_2.5 concentrations, we studied seven specific PM_2.5 sources: secondary sulfate, secondary nitrate, biomass burning, diesel, spark-ignition emissions, pyrolyzed organic ric

SUBMITTER: van Wijngaarden E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7796937 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature