Risk of exposure to air pollution among British children with and without intellectual disabilities

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Risk of exposure to air pollution among British children with and without intellectual disabilities. / Emerson, Eric ; Robertson, Janet ; Hatton, Chris et al.
In: Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, Vol. 63, No. 2, 02.2019, p. 161-167.

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title = "Risk of exposure to air pollution among British children with and without intellectual disabilities",

abstract = "BACKGROUND: Exposure to outdoor air pollution is a well-established risk factor for a range of adverse health conditions. No previous study has quantified the extent to which children with intellectual disability (ID) may be exposed to outdoor air pollution.METHODS: Secondary analysis of data extracted from the UK's Millennium Cohort Study, a nationally representative sample of over 18 000 UK children born 2000-2002.RESULTS: Averaging across ages, children with IDs were 33% more likely to live in areas with high levels of diesel particulate matter, 30% more likely to live in areas with high levels of nitrogen dioxide, 30% more likely to live in areas with high levels of carbon monoxide and 17% more likely to live in areas with high levels of sulphur dioxide.CONCLUSIONS: Levels of exposure to outdoor air pollution among children with ID are significantly higher than those of families of children without ID. Exposure to outdoor air pollution may be one of the pathways that contributes to the health inequities experienced by people with IDs.",

keywords = "health, health inequity, intellectual disability, outdoor air pollution",

author = "Eric Emerson and Janet Robertson and Chris Hatton and Susie Baines",

note = "{\textcopyright} 2018 MENCAP and International Association of the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.",

year = "2019",

month = feb,

doi = "10.1111/jir.12561",

language = "English",

volume = "63",

pages = "161--167",

journal = "Journal of Intellectual Disability Research",

issn = "0964-2633",

publisher = "Blackwell Publishing Ltd",

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Risk of exposure to air pollution among British children with and without intellectual disabilities

AU - Emerson, Eric

AU - Robertson, Janet

AU - Hatton, Chris

AU - Baines, Susie

PY - 2019/2

Y1 - 2019/2

N2 - BACKGROUND: Exposure to outdoor air pollution is a well-established risk factor for a range of adverse health conditions. No previous study has quantified the extent to which children with intellectual disability (ID) may be exposed to outdoor air pollution.METHODS: Secondary analysis of data extracted from the UK's Millennium Cohort Study, a nationally representative sample of over 18 000 UK children born 2000-2002.RESULTS: Averaging across ages, children with IDs were 33% more likely to live in areas with high levels of diesel particulate matter, 30% more likely to live in areas with high levels of nitrogen dioxide, 30% more likely to live in areas with high levels of carbon monoxide and 17% more likely to live in areas with high levels of sulphur dioxide.CONCLUSIONS: Levels of exposure to outdoor air pollution among children with ID are significantly higher than those of families of children without ID. Exposure to outdoor air pollution may be one of the pathways that contributes to the health inequities experienced by people with IDs.

AB - BACKGROUND: Exposure to outdoor air pollution is a well-established risk factor for a range of adverse health conditions. No previous study has quantified the extent to which children with intellectual disability (ID) may be exposed to outdoor air pollution.METHODS: Secondary analysis of data extracted from the UK's Millennium Cohort Study, a nationally representative sample of over 18 000 UK children born 2000-2002.RESULTS: Averaging across ages, children with IDs were 33% more likely to live in areas with high levels of diesel particulate matter, 30% more likely to live in areas with high levels of nitrogen dioxide, 30% more likely to live in areas with high levels of carbon monoxide and 17% more likely to live in areas with high levels of sulphur dioxide.CONCLUSIONS: Levels of exposure to outdoor air pollution among children with ID are significantly higher than those of families of children without ID. Exposure to outdoor air pollution may be one of the pathways that contributes to the health inequities experienced by people with IDs.

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KW - health inequity

KW - intellectual disability

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DO - 10.1111/jir.12561

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EP - 167

JO - Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

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