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Trends in exposure to industrial air toxins for different racial and socioeconomic groups: A spatial and temporal examination of environmental inequality in the U.S. from 1995 to 2004 by Ard, Kerry

“…•Nationally, exposure to industrial toxins is decreasing everywhere.•The Black/White gap in exposure has remained relatively consistent over time.•Middle-class…”
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By all measures: an examination of the relationship between segregation and health risk from air pollution by Ard, Kerry

“…A great deal of evidence suggests that African-Americans in more racially segregated communities are at a higher risk for a variety of health problems…”
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Examining the Relationship Between Racialized Poverty Segregation and Hazardous Industrial Facilities in the U.S. Over Time by Ard, Kerry, Smiley, Kevin

“…Scholars interested in understanding the unequal exposure to environmental harms by race and class have often relied on urban sociological theory…”
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Toxic air pollution and cognitive decline: Untangling particulate matter by Ard, Kerry, Thomas, Jason, Bullock, Clair

“…There is increasing evidence indicating air pollution is an important factor influencing the aging brain. However, much of this work measures air pollution…”
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Pollution Prophylaxis? Social Capital and Environmental Inequality by Ard, Kerry, Fairbrother, Malcolm

“…Objective. One major theory of environmental inequality is that firms follow a political path of least resistance when locating polluting facilities in…”
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Disparities in Environmental Exposures to Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Diabetes Risk in Vulnerable Populations by Ruiz, Daniel, Becerra, Marisol, Jagai, Jyotsna S, Ard, Kerry, Sargis, Robert M

“…Burgeoning epidemiological, animal, and cellular data link environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) to metabolic dysfunction. Disproportionate…”
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Particulate Matter Exposure across Latino Ethnicities by Ard, Kerry, Fisher-Garibay, Dax, Bonner, Daphney

“…The Hispanic/Latino health paradox is the well-known health advantage seen across the Hispanic/Latino racial category in the US. However, this racial category…”
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Air pollution around schools is linked to poorer student health and academic performance by Mohai, Paul, Kweon, Byoung-Suk, Lee, Sangyun, Ard, Kerry

“…Exposing children to environmental pollutants during important times of physiological development can lead to long-lasting health problems, dysfunction, and…”
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Intersectional inequalities in industrial air toxics exposure in the United States by Alvarez, Camila H., Calasanti, Anna, Evans, Clare Rosenfeld, Ard, Kerry

“…Environmental justice and health research demonstrate unequal exposure to environmental hazards at the neighborhood-level. We use an innovative…”
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Air pollution and respiratory infections: the past, present, and future by Monoson, Alexys, Schott, Evangeline, Ard, Kerry, Kilburg-Basnyat, Brita, Tighe, Robert M, Pannu, Sonal, Gowdy, Kymberly M

“…Abstract Air pollution levels across the globe continue to rise despite government regulations. The increase in global air pollution levels drives detrimental…”
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Another avenue of action: an examination of climate change countermovement industries' use of PAC donations and their relationship to Congressional voting over time by Ard, Kerry, Garcia, Nick, Kelly, Paige

“…The political mobilization of American business elites in the 1970s and 1980s has been well studied by political scientists. Environmental sociologists have…”
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Measuring the Relationship between State Environmental Justice Action and Air Pollution Inequality, 1990–2009 by Bullock, Clair, Ard, Kerry, Saalman, Grace

“…Over 20 years have passed since Executive Order 12898 put environmental justice (EJ) issues on the policy agenda. Since this time, EJ has technically remained…”
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Concentrated poverty, ambient air pollution, and child cognitive development by Wodtke, Geoffrey T, Ard, Kerry, Bullock, Clair, White, Kailey, Priem, Betsy

“…Why does growing up in a poor neighborhood impede cognitive development? Although a large volume of evidence indicates that neighborhood poverty negatively…”
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Two Mechanisms: The Role of Social Capital and Industrial Pollution Exposure in Explaining Racial Disparities in Self-Rated Health by Ard, Kerry, Colen, Cynthia, Becerra, Marisol, Velez, Thelma

“…This study provides an empirical test of two mechanisms (social capital and exposure to air pollution) that are theorized to mediate the effect of neighborhood…”
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Modernization, Risk, and Conservation of the World’s Largest Carnivores by BRUSKOTTER, JEREMY T., VUCETICH, JOHN A., MANFREDO, MICHAEL J., KARNS, GABRIEL R., WOLF, CHRISTOPHER, ARD, KERRY, CARTER, NEIL H., LÓPEZ-BAO, JOSÉ VICENTE, CHAPRON, GUILLAUME, GEHRT, STANLEY D., RIPPLE, WILLIAM J.

“…Large carnivores are threatened worldwide by a variety of human-driven factors, including persecution, which regularly results when they come into conflict…”
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