Prenatal and early life exposure to fine particulate matter and telomere length in early childhood.

Jesephat Edzie, Cecilia Alcala, Tessa R Bloomquist, Ivan Gutierrez-Avila, Allan C Just, Vishal Midya, Martha María Téllez Rojo, Guadalupe Estrada-Gutierrez, Rosalind J Wright, Robert O Wright, Andrea A Baccarelli, Maria José Rosa

Department of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA. · pubmed

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Abstract

Telomere length is a biomarker of molecular aging that may be impacted by air pollution exposure starting in utero. We aimed to examine the association between prenatal and early life exposure to fine particulate matter (PM

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Research summary

The paper investigates the association between prenatal and early life exposure to fine particulate matter and telomere length, which is a biomarker of molecular aging. This connection is relevant to understanding the environmental factors that may influence aging processes. However, the study appears to focus on an association rather than addressing root causes or mechanisms of aging, limiting its overall impact in the field of longevity research.

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