Association between polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure and cognitive performance in older adults: a cross-sectional study from NHANES 2011

Association between polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure and cognitive performance in older adults: a cross-sectional study from NHANES 2011–2014

Published:2024 Issue:8 Volume:26 Page:1348-1359
ISSN:2050-7887
Container-title:Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts
language:en
Short-container-title:Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts

Author:

Guan Zerong¹,Weng Xueqiong²,Zhang Ligang³,Feng Peiran¹⁴

Affiliation:

1. The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China

2. JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

3. School of Medicine, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, China

4. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Spine and Spinal Cord Reconstruction, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University (Heyuan Shenhe People’s Hospital), Jinan University, Heyuan 517000, China

Abstract

Human exposure to PAHs originates from a wide range of sources. Our study found negative trends between mixed PAHs exposure and IRT, DRT, and DSST scores, suggesting that exposure to multiple PAHs is a risk factor for cognition in older adults.

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2024/EM/D4EM00290C

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