The twenty-first century has witnessed a wave of severe infectious disease outbreaks, not
least the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had a devastating impact on lives and livelihoods …

Emerging evidence supports a link between environmental factors—including air pollution
and chemical exposures, climate, and the built environment—and severe acute respiratory …

Air pollution contributes to the global burden of disease, with ambient exposure to fine
particulate matter of diameters smaller than 2.5 μm (PM2. 5) being identified as the fifth …

Air pollution is one of the leading causes of health complications and mortality worldwide,
especially affecting lower-income groups, who tend to be more exposed and vulnerable …

Racial-ethnic minorities in the United States are exposed to disproportionately high levels of
ambient fine particulate air pollution (PM2. 5), the largest environmental cause of human …

Housing is a major pathway through which health disparities emerge and are sustained over
time. However, no existing unified conceptual model has comprehensively elucidated the …

Applying a social determinants of health framework, this review brings attention to evidence
from social sciences and neuroscience on the role of selected social factors in individual …

Stationary sources of air pollution are disproportionately located in communities of colour,
but the causes for this disparity are unclear. Here we assess whether racialized appraisals …

Objectives. To quantify nationwide disparities in the location of particulate matter (PM)-
emitting facilities by the characteristics of the surrounding residential population and to …

The existing reviews and meta-analyses addressing unequal exposure of environmental
hazards on certain populations have focused on several environmental pollutants or on the …