Associations of Long-term Air Pollution Exposure and Incident Late-Life Disability in Older U.S. Adults: The Health Retirement Study

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Late-life disability is of critical concern to older adults and can reflect the cumulative burden of chronic disease over the lifespan. Although air pollution has been associated with many common chronic conditions, associations with disability are understudied. We aimed to quantify associations between long-term exposures to air pollution and late-life disability. METHODS: We used biennial data between 2000 and 2016 on...