title: Mapping cumulative environmental effects, social vulnerability, and health in the San Joaquin Valley, California.
abstract: To understand the social distribution of environmental hazards, methods to assess cumulative effects and their health implications are needed. We developed a cumulative environmental hazard index integrating environmental data on pollution sites, air quality, and pesticide use; a social vulnerability index to measure residents' resources to prevent or mitigate health effects; and a health index. We found that communities in California's San Joaquin Valley with high social vulnerability face more environmental burdens and have worse health conditions.
authors.affiliation: Center for Regional Change, University of California, Davis, CA, USA. ganlinhuang@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ganlin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: London
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002140:California; D004777:Environment; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006304:Health Status; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D010575:Pesticides / Q000032:analysis; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D035862:Vulnerable Populations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D010575:Pesticides