Disproportionate exposures in environmental justice and other populations: The importance of outliers

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Gochfeld, Michael ^a,b   Burger, Joanna ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 81555207210     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300121     Document Type: Article

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