Air pollution exposure among people with limitations in activities of daily living in the United States.

ABSTRACT: Structural barriers including limited healthcare access and disability-related health conditions make disabled people differentially susceptible to air pollution-related adverse health outcomes compared to nondisabled people. We used 2020 census-tract level counts of individuals with limitations in activities of daily living (ADLs) to identify a subset of disabled people. We described geographic areas where this population was highly exposed to air pollution in the contiguous U.S., indicsating health risk. We assessed census tract-level exposure to PM_2.5, O₃, NO₂ (2016-2020), and wildfire PM_2.5 (2016-2023). We mapped high ADL limitation prevalence and high air pollution exposure census tracts. Because environmental injustice means race and povert

SUBMITTER: McBrien H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12755258 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature