Environmental injustice and sexual minority health disparities: A national study of inequitable health risks from air pollution among same-sex partners

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 191, Issue , 2017, Pages 38-47

  Collins, Timothy W ^a   Grineski, Sara E ^a   Morales, Danielle X ^a  

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

Author keywords

Air pollution; Environmental justice; Health disparities; LGBT populations; Sexual minorities; United States

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; CENSUS; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; EQUITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AIR POLLUTANT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HETEROSEXUALITY; HISPANIC; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; INCOME; INCOME INEQUALITY; JUSTICE; LGBT PEOPLE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; RACE; SEXUAL MINORITY; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

UNITED STATES;

CARCINOGEN;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; CARCINOGENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85028759131     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.08.040     Document Type: Article

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