"It wasn't the plague we expected." Parents' perceptions of the health and environmental impact of opencast coal mining

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 437-451

  Moffatt, Suzanne ^a   Pless Mulloli, Tanja ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Environmental epidemiology; Environmental sociology; Opencast coalmining; Risk perception; Social construction; UK

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; COAL MINING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; OPENCAST MINING; RISK PERCEPTION;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH; COAL MINING; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PLAGUE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COAL MINING; DUST; ENGLAND; EXPLOSIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PARENTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038617636     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00369-6     Document Type: Article

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