2024 journal article

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Broadening the Environmental Lens to Include Social and Structural Determinants of Women’s Health Disparities

Environmental Health Perspectives, 132(1).

By: M. Smarr ^*, M. Avakian, A. Lopez, B. Onyango, S. Amolegbe ^*, A. Boyles ^*, S. Fenton ^*, Q. Harmon ^* ...and 8 other authors, B. Jirles^*, D. Lasko^*, R. Moody^*, J. Schelp^*, V. Sutherland ^*, L. Thomas ^*, C. Williams ^*, D. Dixon ^*

10.1289/ehp12996

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Due to the physical, metabolic, and hormonal changes before, during, and after pregnancy, women—defined here as people assigned female at birth—are particularly susceptible to environmental insults. Racism, a driving force of social determinants of health, exacerbates this susceptibility by affecting exposure to both chemical and nonchemical stressors to create women's health disparities.