Air Pollution Exposure, Prefrontal Connectivity, and Emotional Behavior in Early Adolescence.
Our analyses indicate that white matter microstructure is uniquely associated with annual exposure to PM<sub>2.5</sub> and NO<sub>2</sub> at ages 9-10 years. Against our hypotheses, annual exposure was not related to more emotional problems at ages 9-10 years or after a 1-year follow-up period. These findings suggest air pollution exposure levels below US national ambient air quality standards may have important implications for child white matter development and add to the literature suggesting neurotoxicity at low exposure levels of air pollution may be critical to include in the continuing review and risk assessment for the National Ambient Air Quality Standard.
Authors
- Megan M. Herting (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0840-4582)
- Sandrah Proctor Eckel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6050-7880)
- Hedyeh Ahmadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8076-5526)
- Elisabeth Burnor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9297-1589)
- Rob McConnell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5243-6410)
- Kiros Berhane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2303-8493)
- Joel Schwartz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5232-9957)
- JC Chen
- W. James Gauderman
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- Harvard University Press (US)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- Primary Topic
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00