The social and psychological impact of the chemical contamination incident in Weston Village, UK: A qualitative analysis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2227-2241

  Barnes, Geoffrey ^a   Baxter, Jamie ^b   Litva, Andrea ^c   Staples, Brian ^d  

^a Wirral Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d North Cheshire Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemicals; Community; Contamination; Environment; Impact; Stress; UK

Indexed keywords

HEXACHLOROBUTADIENE;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOCIAL IMPACT; STRESS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL WASTE; COMMUNITY CARE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NORMAL HUMAN; POLLUTANT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BUTADIENES; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STEREOTYPING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036972692     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00367-7     Document Type: Article

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