Blueprint for communicating risk and preventing environmental injustice

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-52

  Stokes IV, Shereitte C ^a   Hood, Darryl B ^d   Zokovitch, Jeanne ^c   Close, Fran T ^b  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science   (United States)

^c WildLaw   (United States)

^d MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzo(a)pyrene; Coal fired electrical power plant; Community based organization; Community based participatory research; Environmental justice; Health disparities; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Risk communication; Susceptibility exposure paradigm; Toxic emissions

Indexed keywords

COAL;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSUMER; COOPERATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLLUTION; RISK; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

COAL; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NEGOTIATING; POWER PLANTS; RISK; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 77249087737     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0234     Document Type: Article

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