Decomposition Analysis of Black –White Disparities in Birth Outcomes: The Relative Contribution of Air Pollution and Social Factors in California

Conclusions:
Our results suggest that, although the role of individual and neighborhood factors remains prevailing in explaining black–white differences in birth outcomes, the individual contribution of PM2.5 is comparable in magnitude to any single individual- or neighborhood-level factor. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP490

Received: 10 May 2016
Revised: 16 December 2016
Accepted: 03 January 2017
Published: 04 October 2017
Address correspondence to T. Benmarhnia, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA. Telephone: [phone]. Email: [e-mail]
Supplemental Material is available online (https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP490).
The authors declare they have no actual or potential competing financial interests.
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Source: EHP Research - October 4, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Daniil Lyalko Tags: Research Source Type: research