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Race/Ethnicity, Residential Segregation, and Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)
American journal of public health (1971), v 104(11), pp 2130-2137
01 Nov 2014
PMCID: PMC4202969
PMID: 25211756
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Abstract
Objectives. We described the associations of ambient air pollution exposure with race/ethnicity and racial residential segregation.
Methods. We studied 5921 White, Black, Hispanic, and Chinese adults across 6 US cities between 2000 and 2002. Household-level fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen oxides (NOX) were estimated for 2000. Neighborhood racial composition and residential segregation were estimated using US census tract data for 2000.
Results. Participants in neighborhoods with more than 60% Hispanic populations were exposed to 8% higher PM2.5 and 31% higher NOX concentrations compared with those in neighborhoods with less than 25% Hispanic populations. Participants in neighborhoods with more than 60% White populations were exposed to 5% lower PM2.5 and 18% lower NOX concentrations compared with those in neighborhoods with less than 25% of the population identifying as White. Neighborhoods with Whites underrepresented or with Hispanics overrepresented were exposed to higher PM2.5 and NOX concentrations. No differences were observed for other racial/ethnic groups.
Conclusions. Living in majority White neighborhoods was associated with lower air pollution exposures, and living in majority Hispanic neighborhoods was associated with higher air pollution exposures. This new information highlighted the importance of measuring neighborhood-level segregation in the environmental justice literature.
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- Title
- Race/Ethnicity, Residential Segregation, and Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)
- Creators
- Miranda R. Jones - Johns Hopkins UniversityAna V. Diez-Roux - University of Michigan–Ann ArborAnjum Hajat - University of WashingtonKiarri N. Kershaw - Northwestern UniversityMarie S. O'Neill - Univ Michigan, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USAEliseo Guallar - Johns Hopkins UniversityWendy S. Post - Johns Hopkins UniversityJoel D. Kaufman - University of WashingtonAna Navas-Acien - Johns Hopkins University
- Publication Details
- American journal of public health (1971), v 104(11), pp 2130-2137
- Publisher
- Amer Public Health Assoc Inc
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- N01-HC-95159; N01-HC-95160; N01-HC-95161; N01-HC-95162; N01-HC-95163; N01-HC-95164; N01-HC-95165; N01-HC-95169 / National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI); United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) N01HC095165 / DIVISION OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL APPLICATIONS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Eye Institute (NEI) R831697 / US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under a STAR research assistance agreement R01HL071759 / NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) R01-HL071759 / NHLBI; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) T32HL007024 / NHLBI Cardiovascular Epidemiology Institutional Training Grant P60MD002249 / National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Minority Health & Health Disparities (NIMHD)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative; Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000347184400049
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84907822174
- Other Identifier
- 991020099710304721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health