Air pollution health risks: do class and race matter?
| Autor: | Ken Sexton, Diane R. Gold, J. C. Bailar, W. E. Lambert, J. G. Ford, H. Gong, M. J. Utell |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Health Status Air pollution Ethnic group 050109 social psychology 010501 environmental sciences Toxicology medicine.disease_cause Social class 01 natural sciences Scientific evidence Race (biology) Risk Factors Environmental health Air Pollution Neoplasms medicine Ethnicity Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Environmental justice 05 social sciences Smoking Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Environmental exposure Environmental Exposure United States Disadvantaged Occupational Diseases Geography Lead Social Class Socioeconomic Factors Air Pollution Indoor Child Preschool Female Environmental Health |
| Zdroj: | Toxicology and industrial health. 9(5) |
| ISSN: | 0748-2337 |
| Popis: | Air pollution is not spread evenly across demographic groups. Exposures and associated health risks appear to fall disproportionately on populations that are poor and nonwhite. Although scientific evidence documenting disparities in air pollution exposures, doses, and health effects is scant, the available data strongly support the contention that disadvantaged groups, many of whom are ethnic and racial minorities, routinely encounter levels of air pollution that are higher than average. The extent to which exposure differentials contribute to observed differences in health status by class and race is unknown, but worthy of further investigation. We recommend several steps, all of them feasible and most of them relatively inexpensive, to improve our understanding and ability to address environmental health disparities. |
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