And they call this progress? consequences for young people of living and working in resource-extraction communities

Critical Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-168

  Goldenberg, S M ^a   Shoveller, J A ^b   Koehoorn, M ^b   Ostry, A S ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Addiction; Drugs; Education; Housing; Oil and gas; Population health; Resource extraction; Social impacts; Socio economic; Youth health

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MINING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING;

EID: 77954101675     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581590902846102     Document Type: Article

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