Racial/ethnic disparities in the association between fine particles and respiratory hospital admissions in San Diego county, CA
| Autor: | Isabel Corcos, Tarik Benmarhnia, Rupa Basu, Shivani N Mehta, Alexander Gershunov, Devesh Vashishtha, Kristen Guirguis, Lara Schwarz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Environmental Engineering
Respiratory Tract Diseases Air pollution Ethnic group Vulnerability 010501 environmental sciences medicine.disease_cause 01 natural sciences California 03 medical and health sciences Race (biology) 0302 clinical medicine Cost of Illness Environmental health medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Respiratory system 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Air Pollutants Inhalation Exposure Ambient air pollution General Medicine Health Status Disparities Racial ethnic Hospitals Hospitalization Geography Particulate Matter |
| Zdroj: | Journal of environmental science and health. Part A, Toxic/hazardous substancesenvironmental engineering. 56(4) |
| ISSN: | 1532-4117 |
| Popis: | Ambient air pollution exposure is associated with exacerbating respiratory illnesses. Race/ethnicity (R/E) have been shown to influence an individual's vulnerability to environmental health risks such as fine particles (PM 2.5). This study aims to assess the R/E disparities in vulnerability to air pollution with regards to respiratory hospital admissions in San Diego County, California where most days fall below National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for daily PM 2.5 concentrations. Daily PM 2.5 levels were estimated at the zip code level using a spatial interpolation using inverse-distance weighting from monitor networks. The association between daily PM 2.5 levels and respiratory hospital admissions in San Diego County over a 15-year period from 1999 to 2013 was assessed with a time-series analysis using a multi-level Poisson regression model. Cochran Q tests were used to assess the effect modification of race/ethnicity on this association. Daily fine particle levels varied greatly from 1 μg/m |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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