Comparing proximity measures of exposure to geostatistical estimates in environmental justice research

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-21

  Buzzelli, Michael ^a   Jerrett, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental justice; Geostatistics; GIS; Kriging; Proximity; Validation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; GEOSTATISTICS; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

CANADA; HAMILTON [ONTARIO]; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

EID: 2642529566     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: 18780059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hazards.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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