"This is the mess that we are living in": Residents everyday life experiences of living in a stigmatized community

GeoJournal

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 483-500

  Atari, Dominic Odwa ^a   Luginaah, Isaac ^a   Baxter, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Area of concern; Emotions; Environmental pollution; Health geography; Labelling and stigma; Ontario; Perceived health risk; Sarnia; Senses

Indexed keywords

AREA OF CONCERN; EMOTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; ONTARIO; PERCEIVED HEALTH RISK; SARNIA; SENSES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HEALTH; POLLUTION; RISK PERCEPTION; RIVER POLLUTION;

HEALTH RISKS;

ADAPTATION; FEDERAL SYSTEM; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; PERCEPTION; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENT POPULATION; RISK PERCEPTION;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SARNIA;

EID: 80052383081     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-010-9365-7     Document Type: Article

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