Socio-Economic Status and Health: Evaluation of Human Biomonitored Chemical Exposure to Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances across Status

Jurgen Buekers, Ann Colles, Christa Cornelis, Bert Morrens, Eva Govarts and Greet Schoeters
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Jurgen Buekers: Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO)—Sustainable Health, 2400 Mol, Belgium
Ann Colles: Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO)—Sustainable Health, 2400 Mol, Belgium
Christa Cornelis: Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO)—Sustainable Health, 2400 Mol, Belgium
Bert Morrens: Sociology Department, University of Antwerp (UA), 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium
Eva Govarts: Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO)—Sustainable Health, 2400 Mol, Belgium
Greet Schoeters: Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO)—Sustainable Health, 2400 Mol, Belgium

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 12, 1-17

Abstract: Research on the environment, health, and well-being nexus (EHWB) is shifting from a silo toward a systemic approach that includes the socio-economic context. To disentangle further the complex interplay between the socio-exposome and internal chemical exposure, we performed a meta-analysis of human biomonitoring (HBM) studies with internal exposure data on per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and detailed information on risk factors, including descriptors of socio-economic status (SES) of the study population. PFASs are persistent in nature, and some have endocrine-disrupting properties. Individual studies have shown that HBM biomarker concentrations of PFASs generally increase with SES indicators, e.g., for income. Based on a meta-analysis (five studies) of the associations between PFASs and SES indicators, the magnitude of the association could be estimated. For the SES indicator income, changes in income were expressed by a factor change, which was corrected by the Gini coefficient to take into account the differences in income categories between studies, and the income range between countries. For the SES indicator education, we had to conclude that descriptors (Keywords: PFAS; SES; socio-economic status; income; education; health inequity; human biomonitoring; HBM; HBM4EU (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2018
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