Is public support for environmental protection decreasing? An analysis of U.S. and New Jersey data

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-125

  Greenberg, Michael R ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Environmental laws and regulations; Perception; Polls; Public support; Race ethnicity; Trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; RANDOMIZATION; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; WORK;

EID: 1042292537     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6648     Document Type: Article

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