Race, socioeconomic status, and air pollution exposure in North Carolina

Environmental Research

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 152-158

  Gray, Simone C ^a   Edwards, Sharon E ^a   Miranda, Marie Lynn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Data fusion; Environmental justice; Exposure predictions; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CENSUS; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RACE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION DENSITY; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY SYSTEM; AQS; CMAQ; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITY MODEL; DATA FUSION; EJ; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; EXPOSURE PREDICTIONS; NDI; NEIGHBORHOOD DEPRIVATION INDEX; NHB; NON-HISPANIC BLACK; O(3); OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER <2.5ΜM IN AERODYNAMIC DIAMETER; PM2.5; SES; SHEDS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STOCHASTIC HUMAN EXPOSURE AND DOSE SIMULATION; US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; USEPA;

AIR POLLUTION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84885858468     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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