Ambient air pollution, greenness and frailty in an elder Asian population: a multi-center study with long-term exposure
Long-term exposure to PM2.5 related to frailty in older adults, whereas greenness provides protective benefits. These findings indicate the importance of developing public health policies aimed at improving air quality and promoting greening in ensuring healthy aging.
Authors
- Yuwen Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3025-7096)
- I-Chien Wu
- Shih-Chun Pan
- Yuan-Ting Hsu
- Chih-Da Wu
- Shu-Chun Chuang
- Chih-Cheng Hsu
- Yue Leon Guo
- Chao Agnes Hsiung
- Ping Shih
Institutions
- National Chung Hsing University (TW)
- National Health Research Institutes (TW)
- National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Science (TW)
- Min Sheng General Hospital (TW)
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (US)
- National Taiwan University Hospital (TW)
- National Cheng Kung University (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journals of Gerontology Series A
- Published
- 2026-01-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glag003
- Primary Topic
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00