Traffic, air pollution, minority and socio-economic status: Addressing inequities in exposure and risk

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 5355-5372

  Pratt, Gregory C ^a,b   Vadali, Monika L ^a   Kvale, Dorian L ^a   Ellickson, Kristie M ^a  

^a MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution risk; Environmental justice; Socio economic status; Traffic

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; MINORITY GROUP; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ETHNIC GROUP; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOXICITY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MINORITY GROUPS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930639667     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120505355     Document Type: Article

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