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Volume 101, Issue S1 (December 2011)
Jean D. Brender, Juliana A. Maantay, and Jayajit Chakraborty Residential Proximity to Environmental Hazards and Adverse Health Outcomes. American Journal of Public Health: December 2011, Vol. 101, No. S1, pp. S37-S52.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300183

Accepted on: Feb 28, 2011

Residential Proximity to Environmental Hazards and Adverse Health Outcomes

Jean D. Brender, RN, PhD, Juliana A. Maantay, PhD, MUP, and Jayajit Chakraborty, PhD, MS

Jean D. Brender is with the Texas A&M Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health, College Station, Texas. Juliana A. Maantay is with the Geographic Information Science Program and Urban Geographic Information Science Lab, Department of Environmental, Geographic, and Geological Sciences, Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, NY. Jayajit Chakraborty is with the Department of Geography, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Correspondence should be sent to Jean D. Brender, RN, PhD, School of Rural Public Health, 257 SRPH Administration Building, TAMU 1266, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843-1266 (e-mail: ). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the “Reprints/Eprints” link.

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Contributors

J. D. Brender, J. A. Maantay, and J. Chakraborty conceptualized the analytic review. J. D. Brender and J. A. Maantay completed the systematic reviews of the literature and shared supervision of the article's overall content. J. Chakraborty reviewed the article and contributed to the conclusions, implications, and recommendations.



ABSTRACT

How living near environmental hazards contributes to poorer health and disproportionate health outcomes is an ongoing concern. We conducted a substantive review and critique of the literature regarding residential proximity to environmental hazards and adverse pregnancy outcomes, childhood cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses, end-stage renal disease, and diabetes.

Several studies have found that living near hazardous wastes sites, industrial sites, cropland with pesticide applications, highly trafficked roads, nuclear power plants, and gas stations or repair shops is related to an increased risk of adverse health outcomes.

Government agencies should consider these findings in establishing rules and permitting and enforcement procedures to reduce pollution from environmentally burdensome facilities and land uses.

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Online publication date: 1-Dec-2011.
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