Embracing the local: Enriching scientific research, education, and outreach on the Texas-Mexico border through a participatory action research partnership

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1571-1576

  May, Marlynn L ^a   Bowman, Gloria J ^a   Ramos, Kenneth S ^a   Rincones, Larry ^a   Rebollar, Maria G ^a   Rosa, Mary L ^a   Saldana, Josephine ^a   Sanchez, Adelina P ^a   Serna, Teresa ^a   Viega, Norma ^a   Villegas, Gregoria S ^a   Zamorano, Maria G ^a   Ramos, Irma N ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Border health; Colonias; Environmental health education; Participatory action research; Promotoras; Texas Mexico border

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE; RELIABILITY; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

COLONIA;

EID: 0142029015     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.5771     Document Type: Article

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