Association of air particulate pollution with bone loss over time and bone fracture risk: analysis of data from two independent studies

Summary: Background: Air particulate matter is a ubiquitous environmental exposure associated with oxidation, inflammation, and age-related chronic disease. Whether particulate matter is associated with loss of bone mineral density and risk of bone fractures is undetermined. We did two independent...

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Main Authors: Diddier Prada, PhD, Jia Zhong, ScD, Elena Colicino, PhD, Antonella Zanobetti, PhD, Joel Schwartz, ProfPhD, Nicholas Dagincourt, MSc, Shona C Fang, PhD, Itai Kloog, PhD, Joseph M Zmuda, PhD, Michael Holick, ProfPhD, Luis A Herrera, ProfPhD, Lifang Hou, ProfPhD, Francesca Dominici, ProfPhD, Benedetta Bartali, ProfPhD, Andrea A Baccarelli, ProfPhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-11-01
Series:The Lancet Planetary Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542519617301365