Asthma Mortality and Toxic Release in Texas - An Ecological Study 1980-2001

Simple item page
dc.contributor.advisorManuel Bayona
dc.creatorMaddipatla, Sreeram
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-22T21:29:59Z
dc.date.available2019-08-22T21:29:59Z
dc.date.issued2004-05-01
dc.date.submitted2013-05-15T14:12:06-07:00
dc.description.abstractMaddipatla, S., Asthma Mortality and Toxic Release in Texas - An Ecological Study 1980-2001. Master of Public Health (Environmental Health) April 2004, 97 pp., 4 tables, bibliography, 94 titles. There is a lack of literature examining how the spatiotemporal trend of asthma may have impacted different ethnic/racial compositions of Texans. The present study sought to evaluate the geographic-temporal variations in asthma mortality in Texans over a 22-year period, retrospectively, and examine whether the trend of environmental Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) concentrations and their spatiotemporal persistence might place an uneven burden on particular racial groups. The study concentrates on the time period between 1980-2001 and first evaluates geographic excess of asthma mortality in different racial groups at the county level and characterizes the excess burden by spatiotemporal variations. After this assessment, the impact of TRI on asthma mortality over this period of time is analyzed. Based on these two analyses, this would identify which racial/ethnic groups in which Texas regions might have been affected the most by regarding mortality over time, and suggested priority geographic areas for policy intervention. At the end of this study, it could be said that there might be an association between the TRI release and increased asthma mortality in the Black male population.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/29378
dc.language.isoen
dc.provenance.legacyDownloads0
dc.subjectBiological Factors
dc.subjectCirculatory and Respiratory Physiology
dc.subjectCommunity Health
dc.subjectDiseases
dc.subjectEnvironmental Health
dc.subjectEnvironmental Public Health
dc.subjectEpidemiology
dc.subjectHealth Policy
dc.subjectLife Sciences
dc.subjectMedical Sciences
dc.subjectMedical Specialties
dc.subjectMedicine and Health Sciences
dc.subjectOther Geography
dc.subjectPharmacology, Toxicology and Environmental Health
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subjectPublic Health Education and Promotion
dc.subjectRace and Ethnicity
dc.subjectRespiratory Tract Diseases
dc.subjectasthma mortality
dc.subjecttoxic release
dc.subjectTexas
dc.subjectspatiotemporal trend
dc.subjectblack male population
dc.titleAsthma Mortality and Toxic Release in Texas - An Ecological Study 1980-2001
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentSchool of Public Health
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunity Health
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Public Health

Files

Original bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Maddipalta_AsthmaMortalityandToxicsm.pdf
Size:
6.7 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

Collections

School of Public Health
Theses and Dissertations