Does income inequality modify the association between air pollution and health?

Environmental Research

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-88

  Charafeddine, Rana ^a   Boden, Leslie I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Fine particulates; Income inequality; Self reported health; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GINI INDEX; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); UNITED STATES;

EID: 36249016342     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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