Open AccessFine particle sources and cognitive function in an older Puerto Rican cohort in Greater Boston
Author(s) -
Renee Wurth,
MarianthiAnna Kioumourtzoglou,
Katherine L. Tucker,
John L. Griffith,
Justin Manjourides,
Helen Suh
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
environmental epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2474-7882
DOI - 10.1097/ee9.0000000000000022
Subject(s) - puerto rican , cohort , gerontology , cognition , psychology , geography , history , medicine , ethnology , psychiatry
Puerto Ricans living in the mainland US have substantially higher rates of impairment to cognitive performance as compared to non-Hispanic Whites, with air pollutant exposures a potential risk factor. We investigated whether exposures to specific air pollution sources were associated with performance across several cognitive domains in a cohort of Puerto Rican older adults.