Neighborhood exposure to toxic releases: Are there racial inequities?

Growth and Change

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 479-499

  Kriesel, Warren ^a   Centner, Terence J ^a   Keeler, Andrew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERSIVE RACISM; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ETHNIC MINORITY; EXPOSURE; TOXIC EMISSIONS;

USA, GEORGIA; USA, OHIO;

EID: 0030406758     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.1996.tb00978.x     Document Type: Article

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