Under-mining health: Environmental justice and mining in India

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 140-148

  Saha, Shubhayu ^a   Pattanayak, Subhrendu K ^b,c,d   Sills, Erin O ^d,e   Singha, Ashok K ^f  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SANDEE   (Nepal)

^d CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CTRAN Consulting   (India)

Author keywords

2SRI; Environmental health; GIS; Instrumental variable; Malaria; Respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; GIS; HEALTH RISK; MALARIA; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; INDIA; MALARIA; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RURAL AREA;

INDIA;

EID: 78751574371     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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