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Genetic evidence supports a causal relationship between air pollution and brain imaging-derived phenotypes.
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety - 1 Aug 2024
Wang Qitong, Li Shuzhu, Cai Benchi, Zhong Lifan, Liu Fang, Wang Xinyu, Chen Tao
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BACKGROUND: Observational studies have reported associations between air pollutants and brain imaging-derived phenotypes (IDPs); however, whether this relationship is causal remains uncertain. METHODS: We conducted bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses to explore the causal relationships between 5 types of air pollutants (N=423,796 to 456,380 individuals) and 587 reliable IDPs (N=33,224...
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