Exposure to Air Pollution and Social Inequalities in Health
A special issue of Diseases (ISSN 2079-9721).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2018) | Viewed by 294
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental exposure; social health inequalities; health disparities; spatial analysis; environmental epidemiology; biostatistic
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Interests: environmental exposure; cluster analysis; geography; spatial epidemiology; social health inequalities
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Today, one important challenge in many countries is the reduction of health inequalities. Several public health studies in social epidemiology investigated how socioeconomic characteristics may increase health inequalities while environmental epidemiological studies rather documented the health effects of environmental exposure.
In order to further explain these health inequalities, since several years, scientific literature advanced hypothesis by which environmental exposures might be combined to role of social determinants.
- First hypothesis is the differential exposure: deprived populations (or population living in a deprived area) are more likely to be exposed to a higher number of environmental nuisances or to a higher level of environmental exposure.
- Second hypothesis, the vulnerability differential suggests that deprived population (or population living in a deprived area) is particularly vulnerable to health effects of environmental exposures because they experience poorer health due to their economic and psychosocial conditions.
This Special Issue would like to receive manuscripts on epidemiological studies which precisely explore how differential exposure and/or vulnerability differential may explain health inequalities. Research exploring the potential modifier effect of the socioeconomic characteristics on the health effect of air pollution exposure is especially encouraged. Various health events (mortality and morbidity) will be considered. We also accept several forms of manuscripts such as reviews, original research articles, and short communications.
Prof. Dr. Séverine Deguen
Prof. Dr. Wahida Kihal
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Health inequalities
- Environmental justice
- Environmental Health
- Vulnerability
- Differential exposure
- Neighborhood characteristics
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