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Assessing How Social Exposures Are Integrated in Exposome Research: A Scoping Review — Europe PMC PMID:36350665

Source: Europe PMC (en)
Original: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/36350665
DOI: 10.1289/ehp11015
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@misc{dcdaebcd7015c8,
  title = {Assessing How Social Exposures Are Integrated in Exposome Research: A Scoping Review — Europe PMC PMID:36350665},
  howpublished = {Europe PMC (en)},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/36350665},
  note = {License CC0-1.0; archived copy https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_daebcd7015c8; sha256 c43e1704eb95b1ec8e74907c5e5c3911937af00171dc7d5449bda1e8b9ed1180},
  year = {2026}
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Background: Exposome research aims to describe and understand the extent to which all the exposures in human environments may affect our health over the lifetime. However, the way in which humans interact with their environment is socially patterned. Failing to account for social factors in research exploring the exposome may underestimate the magnitude of the effect of exposures or mask inequalities in the distribution of both exposures and outcomes. Objectives: We aimed to describe the extent to which social factors appear in the exposome literature, the manner in which they are used in empirical analyses and statistical modeling, and the way in which they are considered in the overall scientific approach. Methods: We conducted a scoping review of the literature using three databases (PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science) up to January 2022. We grouped studies based on the way in which the social variables were used in the analyses and quantified the type and frequency of social variables mentioned in the articles. We also qualitatively described the scientific approach used by authors to integrate social variables. Results: We screened 1,001 records, and 73 studies were included in the analysis. Fifty-five (∼75%) used social variables as exposures or confounders or both, and a wide array of social variables were represented in the articles. Individual-level social variables were more often found, especially education and race/ethnicity, as well as neighborhood-level deprivation indices. Half of the studies used a hypothesis-free approach and the other half, a hypothesis-driven approach. However, in the latter group, of 35 studies, only 8 reported and discussed at least one possible social mechanism underlying the relationship observed between the social variable and the outcome. Discussion: Social factors in exposome research should be considered in a more systematic way, considering their role in structuring both the specific external and the internal exposome. Doing so could help to understand the mechanisms of construction and, potentially, alleviate social inequalities in health and mitigate the emergence of new ones. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP11015.

Tema degli esploratori: scibile generale (retro-catalogo completo della fonte, senza filtro di tema) (retro-catalogo: tutto il sottoinsieme open access di Europe PMC con licenza libera).
Pubblicazione: Environmental health perspectives, 2022 (prima pubblicazione 2022-11-09).
Identificativi: PMID 36350665 · PMCID PMC9645433 · DOI 10.1289/ehp11015.
Descrittori MeSH principali: Exposome.
Pagina: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/36350665 — https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp11015. Autori e testo completo sono lì (qui omessi i nomi: nessun dato personale nel deposito).
Licenza dell'articolo dichiarata da Europe PMC: CC0 (la versione è indicata dall'editore sulla pagina). Abstract riportato senza modifiche al contenuto, con attribuzione; deposito marcato CC0.
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