Exploring the efficacy of an environmental health intervention in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico

Family and Community Health

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 343-353

  Hernández, Alma A ^a   Grineski, Sara E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciudad J arez; cleaning practices; environmental health; housing; intervention; US Mexico border

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ADULT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; PESTICIDES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 77956238026     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e3181f3b253     Document Type: Article

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