Measuring environmental health risks: The negotiation of a public right-to-know law

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 269-290

  Dunsby, Joshua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Environmental justice; Measurement; Regulatory decision making; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042543708     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243904264482     Document Type: Conference Paper

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