Socio-economic correlates of municipal-level pollution emissions on Montreal Island

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 138-142

  Premji, Stéphanie ^a   Bertrand, Frédéric ^b   Smargiassi, Audrey ^c   Daniel, Mark ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Environmental pollutants; Immigrants; Socioeconomic status (SES); Urban population

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MIGRATION; POLLUTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; QUEBEC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34249677908     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404326     Document Type: Article

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