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Article: Socioeconomic disparities in air pollution-associated mortality

TitleSocioeconomic disparities in air pollution-associated mortality
Authors
KeywordsAir pollution
Chinese
Mortality
Socioeconomic factors
Issue Date2008
PublisherAcademic Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/envres
Citation
Environmental Research, 2008, v. 107 n. 2, p. 237-244 How to Cite?
AbstractThis study aimed to determine whether individuals with lower socioeconomic status (SES) were more susceptible to the acute effects of ambient air pollution than those with higher SES. We included 24,357 Hong Kong Chinese aged 30 or above who died of natural causes in 1998. Information on individual socioeconomic characteristics was obtained by interviewing proxy informants with a standardized questionnaire in all four death registries. Individual SES was indicated by three measures: type of housing, occupational group and education attainment. Poisson regression was performed to assess the short-term effects of ambient air pollution measured by PM10, NO2, SO2 and O3 on mortality for each SES group. The differences in the effects between SES groups were estimated by the interaction between air pollution and SES. We found that PM10 and NO2 were associated with greater risk of mortality on people living in public rental housing than in private housing. The effects of all four pollutants were significantly greater in blue-collar workers than the never-employed and white-collar groups (p<0.05). However, we found no compelling evidence of effect modification by education attainment. Our results provide new evidence on the role of individual's SES as effect modifiers of the short-term effects of air pollution on mortality. The reduction of risks associated with air pollution for socially disadvantaged populations should be a high priority in public health and environmental policies. © 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/86419
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2023 Impact Factor: 7.7
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.679
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dc.contributor.authorOu, CQen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHedley, AJen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChung, RYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorThach, TQen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChau, YKen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChan, KPen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYang, Len_HK
dc.contributor.authorHo, SYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWong, CMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLam, THen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T09:16:46Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-06T09:16:46Z-
dc.date.issued2008en_HK
dc.identifier.citationEnvironmental Research, 2008, v. 107 n. 2, p. 237-244en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0013-9351en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/86419-
dc.description.abstractThis study aimed to determine whether individuals with lower socioeconomic status (SES) were more susceptible to the acute effects of ambient air pollution than those with higher SES. We included 24,357 Hong Kong Chinese aged 30 or above who died of natural causes in 1998. Information on individual socioeconomic characteristics was obtained by interviewing proxy informants with a standardized questionnaire in all four death registries. Individual SES was indicated by three measures: type of housing, occupational group and education attainment. Poisson regression was performed to assess the short-term effects of ambient air pollution measured by PM10, NO2, SO2 and O3 on mortality for each SES group. The differences in the effects between SES groups were estimated by the interaction between air pollution and SES. We found that PM10 and NO2 were associated with greater risk of mortality on people living in public rental housing than in private housing. The effects of all four pollutants were significantly greater in blue-collar workers than the never-employed and white-collar groups (p<0.05). However, we found no compelling evidence of effect modification by education attainment. Our results provide new evidence on the role of individual's SES as effect modifiers of the short-term effects of air pollution on mortality. The reduction of risks associated with air pollution for socially disadvantaged populations should be a high priority in public health and environmental policies. © 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherAcademic Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/envresen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironmental Researchen_HK
dc.subjectAir pollution-
dc.subjectChinese-
dc.subjectMortality-
dc.subjectSocioeconomic factors-
dc.subject.meshAdulten_HK
dc.subject.meshAgeden_HK
dc.subject.meshAged, 80 and overen_HK
dc.subject.meshAir Pollution - adverse effectsen_HK
dc.subject.meshEducational Statusen_HK
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_HK
dc.subject.meshHong Kongen_HK
dc.subject.meshHumansen_HK
dc.subject.meshMaleen_HK
dc.subject.meshMiddle Ageden_HK
dc.subject.meshMortalityen_HK
dc.subject.meshPublic Housingen_HK
dc.subject.meshSocial Classen_HK
dc.titleSocioeconomic disparities in air pollution-associated mortalityen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailHedley, AJ:hrmrajh@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.emailThach, TQ:thach@hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.envres.2008.02.002en_HK
dc.identifier.pmid18396271-
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