Telomere Length, Long-Term Black Carbon Exposure, and Cognitive Function in a Cohort of Older Men: The VA Normative Aging Study

Conclusions: TL and CRP levels may help predict the impact of BC exposure on cognitive function in older men.

Citation: Colicino E, Wilson A, Frisardi MC, Prada D, Power MC, Hoxha M, Dioni L, Spiro A III, Vokonas PS, Weisskopf MG, Schwartz JD, Baccarelli AA. 2017. Telomere length, long-term black carbon exposure, and cognitive function in a cohort of older men: the VA Normative Aging Study. Environ Health Perspect 125:76–81; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/EHP241
Address correspondence to E. Colicino, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Ave., Building 1, Room G03, Boston, MA 02115 USA. Telephone: [phone]. E-mail: [e-mail]
This work was supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institutes of Health (R01ES021733; R01ES015172, T32ES007142), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (RD83479801; RD832416), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (contract 53-K06-510). Individual co-investigators were supported by CONACYT (Mexico’s National Council of Science and Technology) and Fundación México en Harvard (D.P.), National Institute of Aging (T32 AG027668) (M.C.P.), and Clinical Science Research and Development Service, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (A.S.). The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Normative Aging Study (NAS) is supported by the Cooperative Studies Program/Epidemiology Research and Information Center (ERIC) a...

Source: EHP Research - January 2, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Web Admin Tags: Research Articles January 2017 Source Type: research