title: Gender Differences in Respiratory Health of School Children Exposed to Rail Yard-Generated Air Pollution: The ENRRICH Study.
abstract: Studies about environmental burdens often explore overall community risk. Increasing evidence suggests, however, differential burdens by gender and age. The purpose of the authors' research was to determine if gender-related difference exists among children in a region plagued with poor air quality and if increased exposure to pollutants from a major goods movement rail yard influences the relationship. Using a cross-sectional study design, the authors provided respiratory screening for children at two elementary schools. Compared to females, males were at significantly greater odds of exhibiting elevated fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) but less likely to exhibit reduced lung volume. Even in an area of overall poor air quality, the authors found that male children were a vulnerable subpopulation for greater elevated FeNO, while females were at increased risk for reduced lung capacity. Understanding differential burdens in vulnerable subpopulations is critical to providing timely and responsive strategies targeted towards health-based prevention and intervention activities.
authors: Rhonda
authors: R
authors: Spencer-Hwang
authors: Sam
authors: S
authors: Soret
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: Ghamsary
authors: Nico
authors: N
authors: Rizzo
authors: Marti
authors: M
authors: Baum
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Juma
authors: Susanne
authors: S
authors: Montgomery
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011890:Railroads; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants