Environmental Health Disparities: Environmental and Social Impact of Industrial Pollution in a Community-the Model of Anniston, AL

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 375-398

  Rubin, I Leslie ^a,b,c,d   Nodvin, Janice T ^a,b   Geller, Robert J ^a,e   Teague, W Gerald ^a   Holtzclaw, Brian L ^f   Felner, Eric I ^a,g  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Institute for the Study of Disadvantage and Disability   (United States)

^c MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Developmental Pediatric Specialists   (United States)

^e Georgia Poison Center   (United States)

^f U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^g Hughes Spalding Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HAZARD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LEARNING DISORDER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POLLUTION; POVERTY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ALABAMA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALLURGY; MINING; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PEDIATRICS; POVERTY AREAS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34247167144     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2007.01.007     Document Type: Review

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