The role of cumulative risk assessment in decisions about environmental justice

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4037-4049

  Sexton, Ken ^a   Linder, Stephen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative risk assessment; Environmental justice; Health disparities; Risk assessment; Susceptible groups; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ETHICS; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MORALITY; POLICY; POLITICS; POVERTY; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78649698024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7114037     Document Type: Article

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