Racial and ethnic disparities in hospital care resulting from air pollution in excess of federal standards

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1163-1168

  Hackbarth, Andrew D ^a   Romley, John A ^b   Goldman, Dana P ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Admissions; Air pollution; Asthma; California; Disparities; Environmental justice; ER visits; Ethnicity; USA

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK POPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; LATINO PEOPLE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RACIAL DISPARITY;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; NEGRO; PACIFIC ISLANDER; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION; CALIFORNIA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; OZONE; RISK;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053337009     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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