Erin Brockovich doesn't live here: Environmental politics and "Responsible Care" in Mobile county, Alabama

Human Organization

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 377-389

  Moberg, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chemical industry; Environmental protest; Responsible Care; Southern U.S.

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ALABAMA; AXIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036985386     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.61.4.83717hpmhn9k6k9j     Document Type: Article

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