Skewed riskscapes and gentrified inequities: Environmental exposure disparities in Seattle, Washington

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Abel, Troy D ^a   White, Jonah ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; RACE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WASHINGTON;

EID: 81555220088     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300174     Document Type: Article

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