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Broadening the Environmental Lens to Include Social and Structural Determinants of Women’s Health Disparities
1 Jan 2024
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BACKGROUND: 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. OBJECTIVES:...
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