Who lives on the wrong side of the environmental tracks? Evidence from the EPA's risk-screening environmental indicators model

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 441-462

  Ash, Michael ^a   Fetter, T Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 2942752158     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0038-4941.2004.08502011.x     Document Type: Review

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