Automobiles, air toxics, and adverse health risks: Environmental inequities in tampa bay, Florida

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 674-697

  Chakraborty, Jayajit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Environmental justice; Race ethnicity; Spatial regression; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ETHNICITY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION POLICY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; TAMPA BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69949137717     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045600903066490     Document Type: Article

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