Black Carbon Exposure More Strongly Associated with Census Tract Poverty Compared to Household Income Among US Black, White, and Latino Working Class Adults in Boston, MA (2003–2010)

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• Personal Author:
  Coull BA ; Gryparis A ; Krieger N ; Waterman PD
• Description:
  We investigated the association of individual-level ambient exposure to black carbon (spatiotemporal model-based estimate for latitude and longitude of residential address) with individual, household, and census tract socioeconomic measures among a study sample comprised of 1757 US urban working class white, black and Latino adults (age 25-64) recruited for two studies conducted in Boston, MA (2003-2004; 2008-2010). Controlling for age, study, and exam date, the estimated average annual black carbon exposure for the year prior to study enrollment at the participants' residential address was directly associated with census tract poverty (beta = 0.373; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.322, 0.423) but not with annual household income or education; null associations with race/ethnicity became significant only after controlling for socioeconomic position. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution Environmental Exposure Environmental Pollution Healthcare Disparities Occupational Health Race Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Air Pollution Author Keywords: Air Pollution Black Carbon Carbon Black Environmental Exposure Environmental Pollution Health Disparities Poverty Race/Ethnicity Racial Factors Socioeconomic Socioeconomics Sociological Factors

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• ISSN:
  0269-7491
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  36-42
• Volume:
  190
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053953
• Citation:
  Environ Pollut 2014 Jul; 190:36-42
• Contact Point Address:
  Nancy Krieger, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Kresge 717, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
• Email:
  nkrieger@hsph.harvard.edu
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon black (CAS RN 1333-86-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Environmental Pollution
• End Date:
  20050929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4f010ea4dde9a170cfcad0201eb7a1f1581a697040b034759b1dc530022bd429456bb6041e427ce478b970e8a2f6566c3becbf0932c32b6e8e4bd4ee7b80a4ae
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216611/cdc_216611_DS1.pdf
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