Housing and health: Intersection of poverty and environmental exposures

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1136, Issue , 2008, Pages 276-288

  Rauh, Virginia A ^a   Landrigan, Philip J ^b   Claudio, Luz ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental toxicants; Health; Housing; Poverty

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; LEAD; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOUSING; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MOULD; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SMOKING; POLLUTANT; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING;

EID: 45549094434     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1425.032     Document Type: Review

References (93)

1. Workshop on Housing and Health: Interrelationship and Community Impact. 1990. New York Academy of Medicine. November 17-18, 1989.
2. Wallace, R., M.T. Fullilove & A.J. Flisher. 1996. AIDS, violence and behavioral coding: information theory, risk behavior and dynamic process on core-group sociographic networks. Soc. Sci. Med. 43:339 352.
3. Fullilove, M.T. 1996. Psychiatric implications of displacement: contributions from the psychology of place. Am. J. Psychiatry 153:1516 1523.
4. Sampson, R.J., S.W. Raudenbush & F. Earls. 1997. Neighborhoods and violent crime: a multi-level study of collective efficacy. Science 277:918 924.
5. Massey, D.S. & N.A. Denton. 1993. American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass. Harvard University Press. Cambridge, MA.
6. Roberts, E.M. 1997. Neighborhood social environments and the distribution of low birthweight in Chicago. Am. J. Public Health 87:587 603.
7. Claudio, L., J.A. Stingone & J. Godbold. 2006. Prevalence of childhood asthma in urban communities: the impact of ethnicity and income. Ann. Epidemiol. 16:332 340.
8. Corburn, J., J. Osleeb & M. Porter. 2006. Urban asthma and the neighbourhood environment in New York City. Health Place 12:167 179.
9. Perera, F.P., S.M. Illman, P.L. Kinney, et al. 2002. The challenge of preventing environmentally related disease in young children: community-based research in New York City. Environ. Health Perspect. 110:197.
10. Matte, T. & D.E. Jacobs. 2000. Housing and health: current issues and implications for research and programs. J. Urban Health 77:7 25.
11. Moorman, J.E., R.A. Rudd, C.A. Johnson, et al. 2007. National surveillance for asthma - United States, 1980-2004. MMWR Surveill. Summ. 56:1 54.
12. Gold, D.R. & R. Wright. 2005. Population disparities in asthma. Annu. Rev. Public Health 26:89 113
13. Karpati, A.M., T. Matte, D. Kass, et al. 2003. Asthma can be controlled. NYC Vital Signs 2:1 4.
14. Findley, S., K. Lawler, M. Bindra, et al. 2003. Elevated asthma and indoor environmental exposures among Puerto Rican children in East Harlem. J. Asthma 40:557 569.
15. Lave, L.B. & E.P. Seskin. 1970. Air pollution and human health. Science 169:723 733.
16. Shankardass, K., R.S. McConnell, J. Milam, et al. 2007. The association between contextual socioeconomic factors and prevalent asthma in a cohort of Southern California school children. Soc. Sci. Med. 65:1792 806.
17. Brugge, D., J. Vallarino, L. Ascolillo, et al. 2003. Comparison of multiple environmental factors for asthmatic children in public housing. Indoor Air 13:18 27.
18. Clougherty, J.E., J.I. Levy, H.P. Hynes, et al. 2006. A longitudinal analysis of the efficacy of environmental interventions on asthma-related quality of life and symptoms among children in urban public housing. J. Asthma 43:335 343.
19. Levy, J.I., D. Brugge, J.L. Peters, et al. 2006. A community-based participatory research study of multifaceted in-home environmental interventions for pediatric asthmatics in public housing. Soc. Sci. Med. 63:2191 2203.
20. Peters, J.L., J.I. Levy, C.A. Rogers, et al. 2007. Determinants of allergen concentrations in apartments of asthmatic children living in public housing. J. Urban Health 84:185 197.
21. Rauh, V.A., G.R. Chew & R.S. Garfinkel. 2002. Deteriorated housing contributes to high cockroach allergen levels in inner-city households. Environ. Health Perspect. 2:323 327.
22. Newacheck, P.W. & N. Halfon. 2000. Prevalence, impact and trends in childhood disability due to asthma. Arch. Pediatr. Adolesc. Med. 154:287 293.
23. Mielch, A., P. Reitmeir & M. Wjst. 1996. Severity of childhood asthma by socioeconomic status. Int. J. Epidemiol. 25:388 393.
24. Strachan, D.P., J. Golding & H.R. Anderson. 1990. Regional variations in wheezing illness in British children: effect of migration in early childhood. J. Epidemiol. Commun. Health 44:231 236.
25. Kaur, B., H.R. Anderson, J. Austin, et al. 1998. Prevalence of asthma symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment in 12-14 year old children across Great Britain (international study of asthma and allergies in childhood, ISAAC UK). BMJ 316:118 124.
26. Birkhead, G., N.J. Attaway, R.C. Strunk, et al. 1989. Investigation of a cluster of deaths of adolescents from asthma: evidence implicating inadequate treatment and poor patient adherence with medications. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 84 (4 Pt 1 484 491.
27. Littlejohns, P. & L.D. Macdonald. 1993. The relationship between severe asthma and social class. Respir. Med. 87:139 143.
28. Carter-Pokras, O.D. & P.J. Gergen. 1993. Reported asthma among Puerto Rican, Mexican American, and Cuban children 1982-1984. Am. J. Public Health 83:580 582.
29. Duran-Tauleria, E. & R.J. Rona. 1999. Geographic and socioeconomic variation in the prevalence of asthma symptoms in English and Scottish children. Thorax 54:476 481.
30. Olden, K. & J. Poje. 1995. Environmental justice and environmental health. Bull. Soc. Occup. Environ. Health 4:3 4.
31. Metzer, R., J.L. Delgado & R. Herrell. 1995. Environmental health and hispanic children. Environ. Health Perspect. 103:25 32.
32. Aggarwal, M., M.E. Northridge, N. Jannsen, et al. 1997. Pedestrian exposures to diesel exhaust particles in Harlem: a pilot study. International Society of Exposure Analysis Annual Meeting 1997 Nov. Research Triangle Park, NC.
33. Spengler, J.D. & B.G. Ferris Jr. 1985. Harvard Air Pollution Health Study in six cites in the U.S.A. Tokai J. Exp. Clin. Med. 10:263 286.
34. Ozkaynak, H., J. Xue, J. Spengler, et al. 1996. Personal exposure to airborne particles and metals: results from the Particle TEAM study in Riverside, California. J. Exposure Anal. Environ. Epidemiol. 6:57 78.
35. Perera, F.P., R.M. Whyatt, W. Jedrychowski, et al. 1998. Recent developments in molecular epidemiology: a study on the effects of environmental polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on birth outcomes in Poland. Am. J. Epidemiol. 147:309 314.
36. Romieu, I., F. Meneses, S. Ruiz, et al. 1996. Effects of air pollution on the respiratory health of asthmatic children living in Mexico City. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 154 (2 Pt 1 300 307.
37. Leikauf, G.D., S. Kline, R. Albert, et al. 1995. Evaluation of a possible association of urban air toxics and asthma. Environ. Health Perspect. 103:253 271.
38. Koren, H.S. 1995. Associations between criteria air pollutants and asthma. Environmental Health Perspect. 103 (Suppl 6 235 242.
39. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Air Trends Summary Report. 1996. Particulate Matter.
40. Pope, C.A., D.W. Dockery, J.D. Spengler, et al. 1991. Respiratory health and PM pollution. Am. Rev. Respir. Dis. 144:668 674.
41. Schwartz, J., D. Slater, T. Larson, et al. 1993. Particulate air pollution and hospital emergency room visits for asthma in Seattle. Am. Rev. Respir. Dis. 147:826 831.
42. Pendleton, D.R. 1995. Air toxics: sources and monitoring in Texas. Environ. Health Perspect. 103:223 228.
43. Pirkle, J.L., K.M. Flegal, J.T. Bernert, et al. 1996. Exposure of the US population to environmental tobacco smoke: the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988 to 1991. JAMA 275:1233 1240.
44. Chen, L.H. & D.B. Petitti. 1995. Case-control study of passive smoking and the risk of small-for-gestational-age at term. Am. J. Epidemiol. 142:158 165.
45. Wagenknecht, L.E., T.A. Manolio, S. Sidney, et al. 1993. Environmental tobacco smoke exposure as determined by cotinine in black and white young adults: the CARDIA study. Environ. Res. 63:39 46.
46. Hecht, S.S., S.G. Carmella, P.G. Foiles, et al. 1994. Biomarkers for human uptake and metabolic activation of tobacco-specific nitrosamines. Cancer Res. 54:1912s 1917s.
47. Knight, J.M., C. Eliopoulos, J. Klein, et al. 1996. Passive smoking in children. Racial differences in systemic exposure to cotinine by hair and urine analysis. Chest 109:446 450.
48. English, P.B., B. Eskenazi & R.E. Christianson. 1994. Black-white differences in serum cotinine levels among pregnant women and subsequent effects on infant birthweight. Am. J. Public Health 84:1439 1443.
49. Etzel, R. 1995. Indoor air pollution and childhood asthma: effective environmental interventions. Environ. Health Perspect. 103:55 58.
50. Boushey, H.A. & J.V. Fahy. 1995. Basic mechanisms of asthma. Environ. Health Perspect. 103 (Suppl 6 229 233.
51. Peat, J.K. 1996. Prevention of asthma. Eur. Respir. J. 9:1545 1555.
52. Goldstein, I.F., C.E. Reed & M.C. Swanson. 1987. Aeroallergens in New York inner city apartments of asthmatics. Adv. Aerobiol. 51:133 138.
53. Anto, J.M. & J. Sunyer. 1995. Nitrogen dioxide and allergic asthma: starting to clarify an obscure association. Lancet 345:402 403.
54. Sarpong, S.B., R.G. Hamilton, P.A. Eggleston, et al. 1996. Socioeconomic status and race as risk factors for cockroach allergen exposure and sensitization in children with asthma. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 97:1393 1401.
55. Burrows, B., F.D. Martinez, M., Halonen et al. 1989. Association of asthma with serum IgE levels and skin-test reactivity to allergens. N. Engl. J. Med. 320:271 277.
56. Platts-Mills, T.A.E. 1994. How environment affects patients with allergic diseases: indoor allergens and asthma. Ann. Allergy 72:381 384.
57. Sporik, R., S.T. Holgate, T.A.E. Platts-Mills, et al. 1990. Exposure to house dust mite allergens (Der p I) and the development of asthma in childhood: a prospective study. N. Engl. J. Med. 323:502 507.
58. Gelber, L.E., L.H. Seltzer, J.K. Bouzoukis, et al. 1993. Sensitization and exposure to indoor allergens as risk factors for asthma among patients presenting to hospital. Am. Rev. Respir. Dis. 147:573 578.
59. Rosenstreich, D.L., P. Eggleston, M. Kattan, et al. 1997. The role of cockroach allergy and exposure to cockroach allergen in causing morbidity among inner-city children with asthma. N. Engl. J. Med. 336:1356 1363.
60. Pollart, S.M., M.D. Chapman, C.P. Fiocco, et al. 1989. Epidemiology of acute asthma: IgE antibodies to common inhalant allergens as a risk factor for emergency room visits. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 83:875 882.
61. Leaderer, B.P., K. Belanger, E. Triche, et al. 2002. Dust mite, cockroach, cat, and dog allergen concentrations in homes of asthmatic children in the northeastern United States: impact of socioeconomic factors and population density. Environ. Health Perspect. 110:419 425.
62. Chew, G.L., E.J. Carlton, D. Kass, et al. 2006. Determinants of cockroach and mouse exposure and associations with asthma in families and elderly individuals living in New York City public housing. Ann. Allergy Asthma Immunol. 97:502 513.
63. Kitch, B.T., G. Chew, H.A. Burge, et al. 2000. Socioeconomic predictors of high allergen levels in homes in the greater Boston area. Environ. Health Perspect. 108:301 307.
64. Jones, A.P. 1998. Asthma and domestic air quality. Soc. Sci. Med. 47:755 764.
65. Garrett, M.H., M.A. Hooper, B.M. Hooper & M.J. Abramson. 1996. Respiratory symptoms in children and indoor exposure to nitrogen dioxide and gas stoves. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 158:891 895.
66. Chew, G.L., K.M. Higgins, D.R. Gold, et al. 1999. Monthly measurements of indoor allergens and the influence of housing type in a northeastern US city. Allergy 54:1058 1066.
67. Chew, G.L., H.A. Burge, D.W. Dockery, et al. 1998. Limitations of a home characteristics questionnaire as a predictor of indoor allergen levels. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 157:1536 1541.
68. Bhat, B.R., S. Friedman, S. Adimoolam, et al. 1978. Study of social, educational, environmental and cultural aspects of childhood asthma in clinic and private patients in the city of New York. Ann. Allergy 41:89 92.
69. Pollart, S.M. 1991. Identification, quantification, purification of cockroach allergens using monoclonal antibodies. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 87:511 521.
70. Peat, J.K. 1996. Prevention of asthma. Eur. Respir. J. 9:1545 1555.
71. Lau, S., S. Illi, et al. 2000. Early exposure to house-dust mite and cat allergens and development of childhood asthma: a cohort study: Multicentre Allergy Study Group. Lancet 356 (9239 1392 1397.
72. Krieger, J.W., L. Song, T.K. Takaro, et al. 2000. Asthma and the home environment of low-income urban children: preliminary findings from the Seattle-King County Healthy Homes Project. J. Urban Health 77:50 67.
73. Seltzer, J.M. & M.J. Fedoruk. 2007. Health effects of mold in children. Pediatr. Clin. North Am. 54:309 333.
74. Bellinger, D. & K.N. Dietrich. 1994 Low-level lead exposure and cognitive function in children. Pediatr. Ann. 23:600 605.
75. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. 1999. Toxicological profile for lead. US Department of Health and Human Services. Atlanta, GA.
76. Graziano, J.H., N.J. LoIacono, T. Moulton, et al. 1992. Controlled study of meso-2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) for the management of childhood lead intoxication. J. Pediatr. 120:133 139.
77. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. 1998. Dangers of Lead Still Lingers. Accessed Online September 21, 2007:http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/1998/ 198_lead.html.
78. Rothman, N.L., R.J. Lourie & J. Gaughan. 2002. Lead awareness: North Philly style. Am. J. Public Health 92:739 741.
79. Woolf, A.D., R. Goldman & D.C. Bellinger. 2007. Update on the clinical management of childhood lead poisoning. Pediatr. Clin. North Am. 54:271 294.
80. Sheuya, S., P. Howden-Chapman & S. Patel. 2007. The design of housing and shelter programs: the social and environmental determinants of inequalities. J. Urban Health 84 (3 Suppl) i98 183.
81. Freeman, L. 2002. America's affordable housing crisis: a contract unfulfilled. Am. J. Public Health 92:709 712.
82. Hornberg, C. & A. Pauli. 2007. Child poverty and environmental justice. Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health 210:571 580.
83. Morello-Frosch, R., M. Pastor Jr., C. Porras & J. Sadd. 2002. Environmental justice and regional inequality in southern California: implications for future research. Environ. Health Perspect. 110 (Suppl 2 149 154.
84. Brulle, R.J. & D.N. Pellow. 2006. Environmental justice: human health and environmental inequalities. Annu. Rev. Public Health 27:103 24.
85. Commission for Racial Justice. 1989. Toxic Wastes and Race in the Unites States: A National Report on the Race and Socioeconomic Characteristics of Communities with Hazardous Waste Sites. United Church of Christ. New York.
86. Bullard, R.D. 1990. Ecological inequities and the new South: black communities under siege. J. Ethn. Stud. 17:101 115.
87. Brooks, N. & R. Sethi. 1997. The distribution of pollution: community characteristics and exposure to air toxics. J. Environ. Econ. Mgmt. 32:233 250.
88. Elliott, M.R., Y. Wang, R.A. Lowe, et al. 2004. Environmental justice: frequency and severity of US chemical industry accidents and the socioeconomic status of surrounding communities. J. Epidemiol. Comm. Health 58:24 30.
89. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1992. Environmental Equity Workgroup Report: Reducing Risk in All Communities. Volumes I and II.
90. Lanphear, B.P., R. Hornung & M. Ho. 2005. Screening housing to prevent lead toxicity in children. Public Health Rep. 120:305 310.
91. McLaine, P., W. Shields, M. Farfel, et al. 2006. A coordinated relocation strategy for enhancing case management of lead poisoned children: outcomes and costs. J. Urban Health 83:111 128.
92. Maryland Department of the Environment. 2006. 100% Rule. Update of 1996 Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing Act (HB 760).
93. Kellet, P. 1990. Housing and health: interrelationship and community impact. Bull. N.Y. Acad. Med. 66:379 591.