Cumulative cancer risk from air pollution in houston: Disparities in risk burden and social disadvantage

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4312-4322

  Linder, Stephen H ^a   Marko, Dritana ^a   Ken, Sexton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; INDUSTRY; PETROCHEMICALS; POLLUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; PUBLIC KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY; REFINING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS; SHIPS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS; SURVEYS;

AIR TOXICS (AT); AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (ACS); CANCER RISKS; CENSUS DATA; CENSUS TRACTS; CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (CBD); CLOSE PROXIMITY; EMISSION SOURCES; EMISSIONS (ASPHALT); GULF OF MEXICO (GOM); HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS (HAPS); HISPANIC; HOUSTON; KEY INDICATORS; PETROCHEMICAL COMPLEXES; REFINING CAPACITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; CENSUS; ETHNIC CONFLICT; HEALTH RISK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TEXAS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GALVESTON BAY; GULF OF MEXICO; HARRIS COUNTY [TEXAS]; HOUSTON; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45249110000     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es072042u     Document Type: Article

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