Background: Social factors may enhance health effects of air pollution, yet empirical support
is inconsistent. The interaction of social and environmental factors may only be evident with …

Researchers have theorized that social and psychosocial factors increase vulnerability to
the deleterious health effects of environmental hazards. We used baseline examination data …

Research to date demonstrates a relationship between exposure to ambient air pollutants
and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Many studies have shown associations between short …

Objective—We aimed to assess racial differences in air pollution exposures to ambient fine
particulate matter (particles with median aerodynamic diameter< 2.5 µm [PM2. 5]) and black …

Background Racial/ethnic disparities in blood pressure and hypertension have been evident
in previous studies, as were associations between race/ethnicity with ambient air pollution …

Background: Long-term fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) exposure is linked with
cardiovascular disease, and disadvantaged status may increase susceptibility to air …

Abstract Purpose of Review Certain subgroups defined by sociodemographics
(race/ethnicity, age, sex, and socioeconomic status [SES]), geographic location (rural vs …

Abstract The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA Air) was initiated
in 2004 to investigate the relation between individual-level estimates of long-term air …

Background: Most US studies of mortality and air pollution have been conducted on largely
non-Hispanic white study populations. However, many health and mortality outcomes differ …

Rationale: Ambient air pollution has been associated with heart failure morbidity and
mortality. The mechanisms responsible for these associations are unknown but may include …