Environmental Equity in Superfund: Demographics of the Discovery and Prioritization of Abandoned Toxic Sites

Evaluation Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-26

  Anderton, Douglas L ^a   Oakes, John Michael ^a   Egan, Karla L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CENSUSES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY AREAS; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031061662     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X9702100101     Document Type: Article

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