Socioeconomic disparities and air pollution exposure: a global review

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• Personal Author:
  Hajat A ; Hsia C ; O'Neill MS
• Description:
  The existing reviews and meta-analyses addressing unequal exposure of environmental hazards on certain populations have focused on several environmental pollutants or on the siting of hazardous facilities. This review updates and contributes to the environmental inequality literature by focusing on ambient criteria air pollutants (including NOx), by evaluating studies related to inequality by socioeconomic status (as opposed to race/ethnicity) and by providing a more global perspective. Overall, most North American studies have shown that areas where low-socioeconomic-status (SES) communities dwell experience higher concentrations of criteria air pollutants, while European research has been mixed. Research from Asia, Africa, and other parts of the world has shown a general trend similar to that of North America, but research in these parts of the world is limited. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution Environmental Exposure Environmental Pollution Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air Pollutants Air Pollution Air Pollution Economics Author Keywords: Air Pollution Criteria Air Pollutants Environmental Exposure Environmental Hazards Environmental Impacts Environmental Inequality Environmental Justice Environmental Pollution Social Disadvantage Socioeconomics Socioeconomic Status

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• ISSN:
  2196-5412
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  440-450
• Volume:
  2
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20047688
• Citation:
  Curr Environ Health Rep 2015 Dec; 2(4):440-450
• Contact Point Address:
  Anjum Hajat, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, 4225 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
• Email:
  Anjumh@uw.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Current Environmental Health Reports
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e5bd9b0e0e38c9e28e5bdd7acd0a8f8a7347012b9454659e09eac54f494c7fad48e9ad0e8231cd47860c4727010a110f4ea0937024f915ab5b357065d46ce577
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202691/cdc_202691_DS1.pdf
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