Demographics of dumping II: A national environmental equity survey and the distribution of hazardous materials handlers

Demography

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 461-466

  Davidson, Pamela ^b   Anderton, Douglas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DANGEROUS GOODS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION; POVERTY; RISK; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SAMPLE SIZE; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034328328     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2648072     Document Type: Review

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