Environmental Inequalities: Literature Review and Proposals for New Directions in Research and Theory

Current Sociology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 99-120

  Szasz, Andrew ^a   Meuser, Michael ^a  

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EID: 0001852020     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001139297045003006     Document Type: Review

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