ReviewAmerican journal of public health2011
Residential proximity to environmental hazards and adverse health outcomes.
Review in American journal of public health, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 99 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
99 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Industrial Pollution and Health in Louisiana: A Systematic Review of Quantitative and Qualitative Studies.Current environmental health reports · 2026Pooled it
- Association between proximity to a lead-releasing facility and cognition in diverse cohorts.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Pooled it
- Systematic literature review of reproductive outcome associated with residential proximity to polluted sites.International journal of health geographics · 2017Pooled it
- Evaluation of a water arsenic filter in a participatory intervention to reduce arsenic exposure in American Indian communities: The Strong Heart Water Study.The Science of the total environment · 2023Trial
- Source apportionment of volatile organic compounds in a Philadelphia fenceline community: results from THRIVEair.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026Article
- Environmental factors shaping cancer outcomes in Alabama: A scoping review.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Review
- Lead exposure and risk of ADHD and conduct disorders in children: evidence from a retrospective cohort in Philadelphia, PA.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2026Article
- The unique effects of chronic exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and indoor radon on subcortical brain morphology in youth.Neurotoxicology · 2026Article
- Environmental exposure and respiratory health in industrial gulf coast communities: a mixed-method study.BMC public health · 2026Observational
- Hair biomonitoring reveals spatial heterogeneity of multielement exposure in Bogotá schoolchildren.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2026Article
- Application of a human bronchoepithelial-air-liquid interface model to assess respiratory hazard of VOCs using a benchmark concentration modeling approach.Inhalation toxicology · 2026Article
- A Population-Centered Health Framework for Analyzing Superfund Sites With a History of Volatile Organic Compound Contamination.Community health equity research & policy · 2026Article
- Health disparities and industrial emissions: a case study of semiconductor manufacturing and asthma morbidity in Austin, Texas.Population and environment · 2026Article
- Inequitable morbidity and injuries burden among informal sector workers in an urban area in Dhaka: a retrospective analysis of Médecins Sans Frontières occupational health clinics, Bangladesh, 2014-2023.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Externalizing behaviors in children living near coal-fired power plants.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Using the pollution load index to evaluate rooftop harvested rainwater metal(loid) contamination in environmental justice communities.Environmental research · 2025Article
- Social and Environmental Correlates of Childhood Obesity Among Southern California Communities.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2025Article
- Development of Life Course Exposure Estimates Using Geospatial Data and Residence History.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Air Pollutants in Puerto Rico: Key Pollutants and Carcinogenic Properties.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Review
- Mapping susceptibility to air pollution and its association with birth defects: a tool for public health intervention.European journal of public health · 2025Article
39 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
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 the literature regarding residential proximity to environmental hazards and adverse pregnancy outcomes, childhood cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses, end-stage renal disease, and diabetes. Several studies have found that living near hazardous wastes sites, industrial sites, cropland with pesticide applications, highly trafficked roads, nuclear power plants, and gas stations or repair shops is related to an increased risk of adverse health outcomes. Government agencies should consider these findings in establishing rules and permitting and enforcement procedures to reduce pollution from environmentally burdensome facilities and land uses.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.