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Health disparities in respiratory medicine by SpringerLink (Online service)

Contents: “…Contributors -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Health Disparities and Respiratory Health -- References -- Chapter 2: Health Disparities in Tobacco Smoking and Smoke Exposure -- Introduction -- Populations in the USA Who Disproportionately Experience Tobacco-Related Health Disparities -- Definition of Tobacco-Related Disparities -- Populations Who Experience Tobacco-Related Disparities -- Tobacco Use Disparities -- Tobacco Use Rates Among Young People -- Cigarette Use Among Adults -- Intersection between Race/Ethnicity and SES with Mental Illness -- Disparities in Secondhand Smoke Exposure -- Tobacco Causes Respiratory Health Disparities and Populations Impacted by Disparities -- Framework for Examining the Problem -- Policies to Reduce Tobacco-Related Respiratory Diseases -- Limitations and Methodological Challenges -- Directions for Future Research -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Health Disparities Related to Environmental Air Quality -- Introduction -- Air Pollutants -- Impact on Respiratory Health -- Sources of Pollutants -- Evidence for Disparities -- Socioeconomic Status -- Race -- Gender -- Age -- Place -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4: Health Disparities in Occupational Exposures -- Introduction -- Chromates -- Coke Oven Emissions -- Cotton Dust -- Radiation -- Rubber Workers -- Silica -- Example #1: Hawk's Nest, West Virginia -- Example #2: Foundries -- Example # 3: South African Gold Mines -- Work-Related Asthma -- Current Racial Distribution of the US Workforce -- References -- Chapter 5: Health Disparities and Pulmonary Function Testing -- Overview of Pulmonary Function Testing -- Health Disparities and Performance of PFTs -- Access to Pulmonary Function Testing -- Language barriers and Pulmonary Function Testing.…”
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