Perceptions of general environmental problems, willingness to expend federal funds on these problems, and concerns regarding the Los Alamos national laboratory: Hispanics are more concerned than Whites

Environmental Research

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 174-183

  Burger, Joanna ^a,b   Myers, O ^c   Boring, C S ^a,b   Dixon, C ^a,b   Lord, C ^a,b   Ramos, R ^a,b   Shukla, S ^a,b   Gochfeld, Michael ^b,d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental concerns; Environmental sensitivity; Ethnicity; Hispanic; Risk perceptions

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; PERCEPTION; RISK PERCEPTION;

ADULT; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

ALBUQUERQUE; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PIERINAE;

EID: 2442531992     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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