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ArticleEnvironmental health : a global access science source2017

Socioeconomic and urban-rural differentials in exposure to air pollution and mortality burden in England.

Ai Milojevic, Claire L Niedzwiedz, Jamie Pearce, James Milner, Ian A MacKenzie, Ruth M Doherty, Paul Wilkinson

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Article in Environmental health : a global access science source, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Cytogenetic Effects in Children Exposed to Air Pollutants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  2. Social Inequalities in Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution: A Systematic Review in the WHO European Region.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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  20. Air (ine)quality in the European Union.Current environmental health reports · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Ai MilojevicDepartment of Social and Environmental Health Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9SH, UK. ai.milojevic@lshtm.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-8680-6843
Claire L NiedzwiedzCentre for Research on Environment Society and Health, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Drummond Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9XP, UK.
Jamie PearceCentre for Research on Environment Society and Health, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Drummond Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9XP, UK.
James MilnerDepartment of Social and Environmental Health Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9SH, UK.
Ian A MacKenzieSchool of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, James Hutton Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FE, UK.
Ruth M DohertySchool of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, James Hutton Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FE, UK.
Paul WilkinsonDepartment of Social and Environmental Health Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9SH, UK.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSocioeconomically disadvantaged populations often have higher exposures to particulate air pollution, which can be expected to contribute to differentials in life expectancy. We examined socioeconomic differentials in exposure and air pollution-related mortality relating to larger scale (5 km resolution) variations in background concentrations of selected pollutants across England.

methodsOzone and particulate matter (sub-divided into PM

resultsConcentrations of the most particulate fractions, but not of nitrate PM

conclusionsAir pollution shows modest socioeconomic patterning at 5 km resolution in England, but absolute attributable mortality burdens are strongly related to area-level deprivation because of underlying mortality rates. Measures that cause a general reduction in background concentrations of air pollution may modestly help narrow socioeconomic differences in health.

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Models, TheoreticalMortalityAir PollutantsAir PollutionEnglandEnvironmental ExposureFemaleHumansMaleNitratesOzoneParticulate MatterRural PopulationSocioeconomic FactorsSulfatesUrban PopulationAir PollutantsNitratesOzoneParticulate MatterSulfatesAir pollutionEnglandFine particlesHealth burdensLife years lostMortalitySocioeconomic inequalities

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PMID28985761
PMCPMC6389046

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