JD Brender, JA Maantay… - American journal of …, 2011 - ajph.aphapublications.org
How living near environmental hazards contributes to poorer health and disproportionate health outcomes is an ongoing concern. We conducted a substantive review and critique of …
I Mikati, AF Benson, TJ Luben… - … journal of public …, 2018 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. To quantify nationwide disparities in the location of particulate matter (PM)- emitting facilities by the characteristics of the surrounding residential population and to …
Why a thoroughly updated and revised second edition of this book about theories of disease distribution, in past and present societal and ecological context? Because the lived realities …
ML Bell, K Ebisu - Environmental health perspectives, 2012 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Growing evidence indicates that toxicity of fine particulate matter≤ 2.5 μm in diameter (PM2. 5) differs by chemical component. Exposure to components may differ by …
Environmental justice organizations (EJO) have introduced or adopted powerful concepts and principles to analyze and to cope with environmental conflicts. Among others are …
Indoor and outdoor number concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2. 5), black carbon (BC), carbon monoxide (CO), and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) were monitored continuously for …
The last few decades have seen increasing attempts to foster 'collaborative'and 'participatory'approaches to spatial planning and decision-making, with a more sophisticated …
Background: The prevalence of childhood asthma in the USA increased by 50% from 1980 to 2000, with especially high prevalence in poor urban communities. Methods: Data on the …
This paper demonstrates the importance of disaggregating population data aggregated by census tracts or other units, for more realistic population distribution/location. A newly …