Dealing in toxins on the wrong side of the tracks: Lessons from a hazardous waste controversy in phoenix

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1136-1152

  Sicotte, Diane ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 54749088627     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2008.00570.x     Document Type: Article

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