Open AccessSocioeconomic Inequality in Respiratory Health in the US From 1959 to 2018
Author(s) -
Adam Gaffney,
David U. Himmelstein,
David C. Christiani,
Steffie Woolhandler
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jama internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14
H-Index - 342
eISSN - 2168-6114
pISSN - 2168-6106
DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.2441
Subject(s) - medicine , socioeconomic status , asthma , copd , vital capacity , pulmonary function testing , demography , national health and nutrition examination survey , gerontology , environmental health , population , lung function , lung , diffusing capacity , sociology
Air quality has improved and smoking rates have declined over the past half-century in the US. It is unknown whether such secular improvements, and other policies, have helped close socioeconomic gaps in respiratory health.
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