Air toxics and late-life dementia and cognitive impairment in Mexican Americans
Our findings indicate that air toxics are adversely associated with cognition in older Mexican Americans, providing critical evidence that traffic- and industry-related air toxics contribute to cognitive impairment. Future studies exploring the mechanisms underlying these associations are needed.
Authors
- Yufan Gong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2962-045X)
- Kimberly C. Paul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4476-2352)
- Jason Su (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5128-0466)
- Karl O’Sharkey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7439-8811)
- Yu Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8717-0245)
- Shiwen Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8557-2416)
- Beate R. Ritz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6976-7339)
- Y.L. Ling
- Sanjali Mitra
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Southern California University of Health Sciences (US)
- University of California System (US)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Environmental Research
- Published
- 2025-10-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2025.123105
- Primary Topic
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00