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Title: Occupational Groups and Environmental Justice: A Case Study in the Bronx, New York

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2018

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ISSN: 1545-1151

DOI: 10.5888/pcd15.180344

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Abstract: We used spatial analyses to examine exposure of people in vulnerable occupational groups to neighborhood-level environmental pollutants in the Bronx borough of New York City. Five-year estimates of environmental ambient exposures (derived from land use regression models for PM2.5 [particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter ≤ 2.5 μm] and black carbon) and demographic and occupational variables were harmonized at the census tract level. Correlations revealed that areas with high environmental exposures also had high proportions of people in service industries and manufacturing and high proportions of socioeconomically vulnerable populations. This combination of vulnerabilities may be cumulative, suggesting residents could have high occupational and residential exposures in addition to sociodemographic-related inequity.

Url: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6266425/

Url: http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2018/18_0344.htm

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Authors: Maroko, Andrew R.; Pavilonis, Brian T.

Periodical (Full): Preventing Chronic Disease

Issue: 11

Volume: 15

Pages: 180344

Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure

Countries: United States