Coping with the health impacts of a petrochemical refinery in Oakville, Ontario: The need for addressing residents’ multiple layers of psychosocial concerns

Psychology of Coping

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 133-157

  Luginaah, Isaac N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community responses; Coping; Environmental exposure; Petrochemical refinery; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949575565     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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