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Long-Term Fine Particulate Matter Exposure and Major Depressive Disorder in a Community-Based Urban Cohort
Author(s) -
KyoungNam Kim,
Youn-Hee Lim,
Hyun-Joo Bae,
Myoung-Hee Kim,
Kweon Jung,
YunChul Hong
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp192
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , confounding , major depressive disorder , proportional hazards model , depression (economics) , cohort study , epidemiology , cohort , environmental health , confidence interval , amygdala , economics , macroeconomics
Previous studies have associated short-term air pollution exposure with depression. Although an animal study showed an association between long-term exposure to particulate matter ≤ 2.5 μm (PM2.5) and depression, epidemiological studies assessing the long-term association are scarce.

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