Environmental justice: Frequency and severity of US chemical industry accidents and the socioeconomic status of surrounding communities

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-30

  Elliott, M R ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Lowe, R A ^a   Kleindorfer, P R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DANGEROUS GOODS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FLAMMABILITY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENTS; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INCOME; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347356343     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.58.1.24     Document Type: Article

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