Environmental health and vulnerable populations in Canada: Mapping an integrated equity-focused research agenda

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 427-450

  Masuda, Jeffrey R ^a   Zupancic, Tara ^b   Poland, Blake ^b   Cole, Donald C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Environmental health inequity; Systematic review; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; MAPPING; VULNERABILITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 57349093594     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2008.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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