Environmental Pollution in Urban Environments and Human Biology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2296497 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lawrence M Schell (0000-0001-6552-0398, Department of Anthropology, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, New York, 12222), Melinda Denham (Department of Anthropology, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, New York, 12222) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 111-134 |
| Publication date | 2003-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annual Review of Anthropology (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0084-6570 • E-ISSN: 1545-4290 |
| Publisher | Annual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1146/annurev.anthro.32.061002.093218 |
| OpenAlex | W2125349839 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 117 |
The biocultural approach of anthropologists is well suited to understand the interrelationship of urbanism and human biology. Urbanism is a social construction that has continuously changed and presented novel adaptive challenges to its residents. Urban living today involves several biological challenges, of which one is pollution. Using three different types of pollutants as examples, air pollution, lead, and noise, the impact of pollution on human biology (mortality, morbidity, reproduction, and development) can be seen. Chronic exposure to low levels of these pollutants has a small impact on the individual, but so many people are exposed to pollution that the effect species-wide is substantial. Also, disproportionate pollutant exposure by socioeconomically disadvantaged groups exacerbates risk of poor health and well being
Air pollution · Biology · Disadvantaged · Economic growth · Environmental health · Environmental planning · Environmental pollution · Environmental protection · Geography · Human health · Pollutant · Urbanism · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Ecology · Environmental Science · Medicine · Noise Effects and Management · Pollution
Growth Variation
Biological memories of past environments
An overview of Niger Delta environmental pollution and people’s perception in Peter Omoko’s Crude Nightmen
The Mechanism(s) of Neighbourhood Effects
Neighbourhood Effects Research
Toolkit article
What does the mean menarcheal age mean?—An analysis of temporal pattern in variability in a historical swiss population from the 19th and 20th centuries
Effects of Pollution on Human Growth and Development
The Combined Influence of Air Pollution and Home Learning Environment on Early Cognitive Skills in Children
Inequalities in Exposure to Ambient Air Neurotoxicants and Disparities in Markers of Neurodevelopment in Children by Maternal Nativity Status
Early maternal perceived stress and children’s BMI
Noise and the Battles for Space
Towards the demise of the urban–rural contrast
Does the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program Expand Access to Opportunity Neighborhoods? Tracking Movements of Low-Income Tenants in California
Export agriculture is feeding malaria
The Cerro Jazmín Archaeological Project
Savoring the Taste of Home
"The "Childhood Obesity Epidemic
What Do Anthropologists Mean When They Use the TermBiocultural
Foundations Of Epidemiology
Lung Cancer, Cardiopulmonary Mortality, and Long-term Exposure to Fine Particulate Air Pollution
Air pollution and health
The Long-Term Effects of Exposure to Low Doses of Lead in Childhood
Studies on the Difference of Adaptabilities to the Noisy Environment in Sexes and the Growing Processes
The Port Pirie cohort study
Los Angeles airport noise and mortality--faulty analysis and public policy
Lead exposure and child behavior
Public policy and environmental noise
Urban stress
Airport noise exposure and the postnatal growth of children
Variation in lifestyle characteristics and catecholamine excretion rates among young Western Samoan men
Community Health Assessment Through Physical Anthropology
| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,95 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2025 (20) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |