The political ecology of lead poisoning in eastern North Carolina

Health and Place

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 209-216

  Hanchette, Carol L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Lead poisoning; North Carolina; Political ecology; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; GUIDELINE; HEALTH IMPACT; LEAD; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSING; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; POLITICS; POVERTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36749046374     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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