A tundra of sickness: The uneasy relationship between toxic waste, TEK, and cultural survival

Arctic Anthropology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-98

  Cassady, Joslyn ^a  

^a DREW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; HEALTH RISK; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; TOXIC MATERIAL; TUNDRA;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MORALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ARCTIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; POPULATION GROUPS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 34548226796     PISSN: 00666939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/arc.2011.0106     Document Type: Article

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