The Impacts of Gentrification on Air Pollutant Levels and Child Opportunity Index near New York City Schools
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Estimated Air Pollution Levels Based on Land-Use Regression Modeling
2.3. Child Opportunity Index (COI)
2.4. Data Analyses
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Jung, K.H.; Pitkowsky, Z.; Argenio, K.L.; Quinn, J.W.; Stingone, J.A.; Rundle, A.G.; Bruzzese, J.-M.; Chillrud, S.; Perzanowski, M.; Lovinsky-Desir, S. The Impacts of Gentrification on Air Pollutant Levels and Child Opportunity Index near New York City Schools. Environments 2025, 12, 199. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments12060199
Jung KH, Pitkowsky Z, Argenio KL, Quinn JW, Stingone JA, Rundle AG, Bruzzese J-M, Chillrud S, Perzanowski M, Lovinsky-Desir S. The Impacts of Gentrification on Air Pollutant Levels and Child Opportunity Index near New York City Schools. Environments. 2025; 12(6):199. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments12060199
Chicago/Turabian StyleJung, Kyung Hwa, Zachary Pitkowsky, Kira L. Argenio, James W. Quinn, Jeanette A. Stingone, Andrew G. Rundle, Jean-Marie Bruzzese, Steven Chillrud, Matthew Perzanowski, and Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir. 2025. "The Impacts of Gentrification on Air Pollutant Levels and Child Opportunity Index near New York City Schools" Environments 12, no. 6: 199. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments12060199
APA StyleJung, K. H., Pitkowsky, Z., Argenio, K. L., Quinn, J. W., Stingone, J. A., Rundle, A. G., Bruzzese, J.-M., Chillrud, S., Perzanowski, M., & Lovinsky-Desir, S. (2025). The Impacts of Gentrification on Air Pollutant Levels and Child Opportunity Index near New York City Schools. Environments, 12(6), 199. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments12060199