Landscapes of risk: Texas City and the petrochemical industry

Organization and Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 204-212

  Meyler, Deanna ^a   Stimpson, Jim P ^b   Cutchin, Malcolm P ^c  

^a Higher Ed Holdings   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Environmental pollution; Industrial accident; Public health; Risk

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POLLUTION EFFECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249853295     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026607302157     Document Type: Article

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