A comprehensive analysis of racial disparities in chemical biomarker concentrations in United States women, 1999-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stark racial disparities in disease incidence among American women remain a persistent public health challenge. These disparities likely result from complex interactions between genetic, social, lifestyle, and environmental risk factors. The influence of environmental risk factors, such as chemical exposure, however, may be substantial and is poorly understood.

Objectives

We quantitatively evaluated chemical-exposure disparities by race/ethnicity, life stage, and time in United States (US) women (n = 38,080) by using biomarker data for 143 chemicals from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2014.

Methods

We applied a series of survey-weighted, generalized linear models using data from the entire NHANES women population along wi

SUBMITTER: Nguyen VK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7137529 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature