Environmental justice organizing for environmental health: Case study on asthma and diesel exhaust in Roxbury, Massachusetts

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 584, Issue NOV, 2002, Pages 110-124

  Loh, Penn ^a   Sugerman Brozan, Jodi ^a  

^a Alternatives for Community and Environment (ACE)   (United States)

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EID: 0036417509     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000271620258400108     Document Type: Article

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