A new look at neighborhoods near National Priorities List sites

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1117-1126

  Heitgerd, Janet L ^a   Lee, C Virginia ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Geodemographics; Hazardous waste; National Priorities List Sites USA; Neighborhood; Superfund

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; NEIGHBORHOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MINING; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038715039     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00489-6     Document Type: Article

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