Understanding environmental health inequalities through comparative intracategorical analysis: Racial/ethnic disparities in cancer risks from air toxics in El Paso County, Texas

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 335-344

  Collins, Timothy W ^a   Grineski, Sara E ^a   Chakraborty, Jayajit ^b   McDonald, Yolanda J ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental health inequalities; Environmental justice; Hispanic Latino; Intersectionality; US Mexico border; White privilege

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ETHNICITY; GENDER; HEALTH RISK; LATINO PEOPLE; RACIAL DISPARITY; TOXICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EL PASO COUNTY [TEXAS]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751572901     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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