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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Racial Disparities in Associations between Neighborhood Demographic Polarization and Birth Weight.

Kelvin C Fong, Maayan Yitshak-Sade, Kevin J Lane, M Patricia Fabian, Itai Kloog, Joel D Schwartz, Brent A Coull, Petros Koutrakis, Jaime E Hart, Francine Laden and 1 more

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Measuring Spatial Social Polarization in Public Health Research: A Scoping Review of Methods and Applications.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Kelvin C FongDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Maayan Yitshak-SadeDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Kevin J LaneDepartment of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA 02218, USA.
M Patricia FabianDepartment of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA 02218, USA.
Itai KloogDepartment of Geography and Environmental Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 8410501 Beer Sheva, Israel.
Joel D SchwartzDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Brent A CoullDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Petros KoutrakisDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Jaime E HartDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Francine LadenDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Antonella ZanobettiDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA.

Funding

Training Program in Environmental EpidemiologyT32ES007069 · NIEHS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI LADEN, FRANCINE · 1985 to 2024
$13.9M
Project 3: Cumulative Risk and Geospatial Health Disparities Related to Chemical and Non-Chemical Stressor ExposuresP50MD010428 · NIMHD · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI LADEN, FRANCINE, LEVY, JONATHAN I · 2015 to 2020
$4.0M
Environmental Health Disparities in an Older PopulationR01MD012769 · NIMHD · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI BELL, MICHELLE L · 2017 to 2021
$3.9M
NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007069NIH HHS P50MD010428NIMHD NIH HHS P50 MD010428NIMHD NIH HHS R01 MD012769
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neighborhood demographic polarization, or the extent to which a privileged population group outnumbers a deprived group, can affect health by influencing social dynamics. While using birth records from 2001 to 2013 in Massachusetts (

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Birth WeightBlack or African AmericanHealth Status DisparitiesResidence CharacteristicsWhite PeopleAdultFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornMaleMassachusettsPregnancySocioeconomic Factorsbirth weightdisparitieseffect modificationneighborhoodprivilegeracial/ethnicsocial environmentsocial stress

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PMID32354151
PMCPMC7246784

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