Socioeconomic status and health: The potential role of environmental risk exposure

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue , 2002, Pages 303-331

  Evans, Gary W ^a   Kantrowitz, Elyse ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental justice; Environmental risk; Income; Poverty; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

CROWDING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCOME; NOISE; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; SOCIAL STATUS; WATER QUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0036255592     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.23.112001.112349     Document Type: Review

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