Levels of analysis for the study of environmental health disparities

Environmental Research

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 172-180

  Soobader, M ^a   Cubbin, C ^b   Gee, G C ^c   Rosenbaum, A ^d   Laurenson, J ^d  

^a Statworks   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental justice; Indicators; Race ethnicity; Social disparities

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WATER ANALYSIS;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33747887805     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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