Agreement with inequality axioms and perceptions of inequality among environmental justice and risk assessment professionals

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-69

  Leibler, Jessica H ^a   Zwack, Leonard M ^b   Levy, Jonathan ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD CENTER FOR RISK ANALYSIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Atkinson index; Environmental justice; Gini coefficient; Inequality; Risk; Risk assessment; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; JUSTICE; MALE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 67651061601     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698570802537003     Document Type: Article

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