Ambient particulate matter, ozone, and neurologic symptoms in U.S. Gulf states adults.

ABSTRACT: Research on neurologic effects of air pollution has focused on neurodevelopment or later-life neurodegeneration; other effects throughout adulthood have received less attention. We examined air pollution levels and neurologic symptoms among 21,467 adults in US Gulf Coast states. We assigned exposure using Environmental Protection Agency estimates of daily ambient particulate matter 2.5 (PM_2.5) and ozone. Gulf Long-term Follow-up Study participants reported neurologic symptoms at enrollment (2011-2013). We estimated cross-sectional associations between each air pollutant and prevalence of "any" neurologic, central nervous system (CNS), or peripheral nervous system (PNS) symptoms. Ambient PM_2.5 was consistently associated with prevalence of neurologic symptoms. The high

SUBMITTER: Werder EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8367062 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature