Understanding risks in socially vulnerable contexts: The case of waste burning in cement kilns in Brazil

Safety Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-257

  Porto, Marcelo Firpo De Souza ^a,b   Fernandes, Lúcia De Oliveira ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Coimbra University ^*  (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cement industry; Environmental risks; Hazardous waste; Integrative approach; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; KILNS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INTEGRATIVE APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION; SOCIAL PROTECTION; VULNERABILITY;

CEMENT INDUSTRY;

CEMENT;

BRAZIL; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LAW; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

EID: 32944466138     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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