Environmental injustice: Case studies from the South

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Cifuentes, Enrique ^a   Frumkin, Howard ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental justice; Health disparities; Human rights; Latin America; Policy

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INDUSTRY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; FREE TRADE AGREEMENT; GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS; HEALTH DISPARITIES; HUMAN RIGHTS; LATIN AMERICA; MAQUILADORA INDUSTRY;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

EID: 37649013126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/2/4/045034     Document Type: Article

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