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Social inequality and environmentally-related diseases in Germany: Review of empirical results

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  • Joachim Heinrich
  • Andreas Mielck
  • Ines Schäfer
  • Wolfgang Mey

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Dans le cadre d'une recherche de littérature on a cherché toutes les études empiriques effectuées en Allemagne jusqu'à la mi-1997, contenant des données soit sur la relatión entre les maladies liées à l'environnement et le statut socio-économique (instruction, métier, revenu, couche sociale), soit sur la relation entre les expositions aux polluants et le statut socio-économique. En ce qui concerne les expositions, une image claire apparaît: les concentrations de polluants dans l'air extérieur et dans l'habitation sont nettement plus importantes dans les couches sociales inférieures que dans les supérieures, chez les enfants comme chez les adultes, aussi bien en Allemagne de l'Ouest que dans celle de l'Est. Par contre, en ce qui concerne les maladies liées à l'environnement, l'image obtenue est moins claire. Plusieurs études par exemple indiquent que les allergies, l'eczéma atopique et le pseudo-croup apparaissent plus rarement dans la couche sociale inférieure que dans la supérieure. Les tumeurs malignes (cancer du poumon, cancer du rein ou de la vessie) sont toutefois manifestement plus fréquentes dans la couche sociale inférieure que dans la supérieure. Les études sur l'épidémiologie environnementale devraient intégrer davantage les approches socio-épidemiologiques et en exposer les résultats explicitement. Copyright Birkhäuser Verlag 2000

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  • Joachim Heinrich & Andreas Mielck & Ines Schäfer & Wolfgang Mey, 2000. "Social inequality and environmentally-related diseases in Germany: Review of empirical results," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 45(3), pages 106-118, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ijphth:v:45:y:2000:i:3:p:106-118
    DOI: 10.1007/BF01299281
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    1. Sinha, Avik, 2016. "Trilateral association between SO2 / NO2 emission, inequality in energy intensity, and economic growth: A case of Indian cities," MPRA Paper 100010, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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