Causes and health consequences of environmental degradation and social injustice

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 573-587

  Donohoe, Martin ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; Environmental degradation; Pollution; Poverty; Social injustice

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

ABUSE; ACUTE DISEASE; AGRICULTURE; ARMY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEFORESTATION; DESTRUCTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ENVIRONMENT; FISHING; FOOD INTAKE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUNGER; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLITICS; POLLUTION; POPULATION; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; WAR; WEATHER;

CAPITALISM; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INTERNATIONALITY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; POPULATION GROWTH; POVERTY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0037293385     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00055-2     Document Type: Article

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