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Comment
. 2020 Jan 1;143(1):8-10.
doi: 10.1093/brain/awz396.

Growing evidence links air pollution exposure to risk of Alzheimer's disease and related dementia

Melinda C Power  1
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Growing evidence links air pollution exposure to risk of Alzheimer's disease and related dementia

Melinda C Power. Brain. .

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    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] Brain. 2020 Mar 1;143(3):e24. doi: 10.1093/brain/awaa007. Brain. 2020. PMID: 32333675 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Abstract

This scientific commentary refers to ‘Particulate matter and episodic memory decline mediated by early neuroanatomic biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease’, by Younan et al. (doi: 10.1093/brain/awz348).

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