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ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2024

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

Gaige Hunter Kerr, Aaron van Donkelaar, Randall V Martin, Michael Brauer, Katrin Bukart, Sarah Wozniak, Daniel L Goldberg, Susan C Anenberg

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Article in Environmental health perspectives, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 27 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Gaige Hunter KerrDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8869-0752
Aaron van DonkelaarDepartment of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Randall V MartinDepartment of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Michael BrauerDepartment of Health Metrics Sciences, Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Katrin BukartDepartment of Health Metrics Sciences, Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Sarah WozniakDepartment of Health Metrics Sciences, Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Daniel L GoldbergDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
Susan C AnenbergDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAmbient nitrogen dioxide (

objectivesMany 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

methodsThrough a health impact assessment, we quantified census tract-level variations in health outcomes attributable to

resultsDespite overall decreases in the public health damages associated with DISCUSSION: 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.

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Air PollutionAsthmaEnvironmental PollutantsChildEnvironmental PollutionHumansMorbidityUnited StatesEnvironmental Pollutants

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PMID38445892
PMCPMC10916678

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