Do fine particulate air pollution (PM_2.5) exposure and its attributable premature mortality differ for immigrants compared to those born in the United States?

ABSTRACT: In the United States (US), immigrants constitute a considerable and growing proportion of the general population. Compared to the US-born, immigrants have differential health risks, and it is unclear if environmental exposures contribute. In this work, we estimated disparities between immigrants and the US-born in fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) exposure and attributable premature mortality, including by region of origin and time since immigration. With PM_2.5 estimates from a validated model at ~1 km² spatial resolution and residential Census tract population data, we calculated the annual area-weighted average PM_2.5 exposure for immigrants overall, the US-born, and immigrants separately by geographic region of origin and time since immigration.

SUBMITTER: Fong KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8079555 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature