Diabetes, Obesity, and Hypertension May Enhance… : DASH Story 2015-03-21
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I am learning about the chronic and acute effects of air pollution on senior citizens.These effect include the cognitive effects on the brain as well as diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. there should also be indirect effects on the brain from organs that deliver oxygen to the brain i.e. heart and lungs. Furthermore PM 2.5 and smaller particles that cause inflammation in blood vesels affect all blood vessels so all the organs of the body and their products should be affected. In addition, since senior citizens have been around for the longest period of time, they have been exposed to chronic pollution for their lifetime. They are the most likely population to suffer the effects of chronic low level (as well as high level ) pollution. My conjecture is that these health problems may not be a natural problem in the aging population and might be eliminated if pollution is brought under control. So far everything I have read supports this. Open access allows me to follow up on these searches without having to spend money that I do not have.
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