Association of Regional Agricultural Smoke Exposure With Sociodemographic Factors in Rural and Urban Communities.

ABSTRACT: Ambient air pollution remains a leading environmental risk factor for morbidity and mortality in the U.S, though most research is conducted in urban areas. Our study assessed how sociodemographic factors indicative of social vulnerability were associated with smoke from agricultural burns in Florida. We assessed census-level sociodemographic variables among four counties adjacent to the Everglades Agricultural Area (n = 409 census tracts, 2016-2020). Smoke day counts from local agricultural fires were based on satellite plumes identified from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Hazard Mapping System. Primary analysis fit a negative binomial model with bidirectional stepwise regression, followed by an adjusted geospatial model with a Queen-continuity adjacency matrix.

SUBMITTER: Slater KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12824637 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature