Strengthening community capacity to participate in making decisions to reduce disproportionate environmental exposures

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Freudenberg, Nicholas ^a   Pastor, Manuel ^b   Israel, Barbara ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; POVERTY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CAPACITY BUILDING; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POVERTY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 81555203186     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300265     Document Type: Article

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