Is there a Hispanic Health Paradox in sensitivity to air pollution? Hospital admissions for asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and congestive heart failure associated with NO2 and PM2.5 in El Paso, TX, 2005-2010

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 119, Issue , 2015, Pages 314-321

  Grineski, Sara Elizabeth ^a   Herrera, Juana M ^a   Bulathsinhala, Priyangi ^b   Staniswalis, Joan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Case crossover; Effect modification; Hispanic Health Paradox

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOLOGY; DISEASES; HEALTH; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALS; POLLUTION; WIND;

APPARENT TEMPERATURE; CASE CROSSOVERS; CASE-CROSSOVER DESIGNS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE; CONDITIONAL LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURES; EFFECT MODIFICATIONS; HISPANICS;

PULMONARY DISEASES;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH RISK; MORBIDITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY; WIND;

EL PASO; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940507594     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.08.027     Document Type: Article

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