Increasing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Ambient Air Pollution-Attributable Morbidity and Mortality in the United States.

Journal

Environmental health perspectives
ISSN: 1552-9924
Titre abrégé: Environ Health Perspect
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0330411

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Mar 2024
Historique:
medline: 6 3 2024
pubmed: 6 3 2024
entrez: 6 3 2024
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Ambient nitrogen dioxide ( Many studies on environmental injustices related to ambient air pollution focus only on disparities in pollutant concentrations or provide only an assessment of pollution or health disparities at a snapshot in time. In this study, we compare injustices in Through a health impact assessment, we quantified census tract-level variations in health outcomes attributable to Despite overall decreases in the public health damages associated with Enacting and attaining more stringent air quality standards for both pollutants could preferentially benefit the most marginalized and minoritized communities by greatly reducing racial and ethnic relative disparities in pollution-attributable health burdens in the US. Our methods provide a semi-observational approach to track changes in disparities in air pollution and associated health burdens across the US. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP11900.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND UNASSIGNED
Ambient nitrogen dioxide (
OBJECTIVES UNASSIGNED
Many studies on environmental injustices related to ambient air pollution focus only on disparities in pollutant concentrations or provide only an assessment of pollution or health disparities at a snapshot in time. In this study, we compare injustices in
METHODS UNASSIGNED
Through a health impact assessment, we quantified census tract-level variations in health outcomes attributable to
RESULTS UNASSIGNED
Despite overall decreases in the public health damages associated with
DISCUSSION UNASSIGNED
Enacting and attaining more stringent air quality standards for both pollutants could preferentially benefit the most marginalized and minoritized communities by greatly reducing racial and ethnic relative disparities in pollution-attributable health burdens in the US. Our methods provide a semi-observational approach to track changes in disparities in air pollution and associated health burdens across the US. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP11900.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1289/EHP11900 PMID: 38445892
pubmed: 38445892
doi: 10.1289/EHP11900
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

37002

Auteurs

Gaige Hunter Kerr (GH)

Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
ORCID: 0000-0001-8869-0752

Aaron van Donkelaar (A)

Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

Randall V Martin (RV)

Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

Michael Brauer (M)

Department of Health Metrics Sciences, Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Katrin Bukart (K)

Department of Health Metrics Sciences, Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Sarah Wozniak (S)

Department of Health Metrics Sciences, Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Daniel L Goldberg (DL)

Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

Susan C Anenberg (SC)

Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

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