Environment, health, and gender in Latin America: Trends and research issues

Environmental Research

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 253-273

  Wasserman, Ellen ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; Gender; Indicators; Latin America; Maquilas; Mining; Nontraditional exports; Risk assessment; Social etiology

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH STATUS; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE WORKER; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBANIZATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032926655     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1998.3943     Document Type: Article

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