Risk of exposure to air pollution among British children with and without intellectual disabilities.
Adolescent
Air Pollutants
Air Pollution
/ statistics & numerical data
Carbon Monoxide
Child
Child, Preschool
Cohort Studies
Environmental Exposure
/ statistics & numerical data
Female
Gasoline
Humans
Infant
Intellectual Disability
/ epidemiology
Male
Nitrogen Dioxide
Particulate Matter
Residence Characteristics
/ statistics & numerical data
United Kingdom
/ epidemiology
health
health inequity
intellectual disability
outdoor air pollution
Journal
Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR
ISSN: 1365-2788
Titre abrégé: J Intellect Disabil Res
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9206090
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 2019
02 2019
Historique:
received:
30
11
2017
revised:
19
07
2018
accepted:
01
10
2018
pubmed:
22
11
2018
medline:
22
7
2020
entrez:
22
11
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Exposure to outdoor air pollution is a well-established risk factor for a range of adverse health conditions. No previous study has quantified the extent to which children with intellectual disability (ID) may be exposed to outdoor air pollution. Secondary analysis of data extracted from the UK's Millennium Cohort Study, a nationally representative sample of over 18 000 UK children born 2000-2002. Averaging across ages, children with IDs were 33% more likely to live in areas with high levels of diesel particulate matter, 30% more likely to live in areas with high levels of nitrogen dioxide, 30% more likely to live in areas with high levels of carbon monoxide and 17% more likely to live in areas with high levels of sulphur dioxide. Levels of exposure to outdoor air pollution among children with ID are significantly higher than those of families of children without ID. Exposure to outdoor air pollution may be one of the pathways that contributes to the health inequities experienced by people with IDs.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Exposure to outdoor air pollution is a well-established risk factor for a range of adverse health conditions. No previous study has quantified the extent to which children with intellectual disability (ID) may be exposed to outdoor air pollution.
METHODS
Secondary analysis of data extracted from the UK's Millennium Cohort Study, a nationally representative sample of over 18 000 UK children born 2000-2002.
RESULTS
Averaging across ages, children with IDs were 33% more likely to live in areas with high levels of diesel particulate matter, 30% more likely to live in areas with high levels of nitrogen dioxide, 30% more likely to live in areas with high levels of carbon monoxide and 17% more likely to live in areas with high levels of sulphur dioxide.
CONCLUSIONS
Levels of exposure to outdoor air pollution among children with ID are significantly higher than those of families of children without ID. Exposure to outdoor air pollution may be one of the pathways that contributes to the health inequities experienced by people with IDs.
Substances chimiques
Air Pollutants
0
Gasoline
0
Particulate Matter
0
Carbon Monoxide
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Nitrogen Dioxide
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
161-167Informations de copyright
© 2018 MENCAP and International Association of the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.