Clustering by chemicals: A novel examination of chemical pollutants and social vulnerability in children and adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inhaled air pollutants are environmental determinants of health with negative impacts on human health. Air pollution has been linked to the incidence and progression of disease, with its effects unequally distributed across the population. Children compared to adults are a highly vulnerable group and suffer disproportionately from systemic environmental inequities exacerbated by social determinants.

Objective

To explore air pollution cluster patterns among 6- to 19-year-olds from the 2015-2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and examine chemical cluster associations with social vulnerability.

Methods

NHANES data was extracted for 697 children and adolescents. Social vulnerability characteristics from questionnaires were assembled t

SUBMITTER: Molchan C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11786812 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature