Environmental and occupational health and human rights

New Solutions

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-195

  Slatin, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Human rights; Occupational and environmental health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDUSTRY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLICY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POLLUTION; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOUTH KOREA; UNITED STATES;

CAPITALISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856485102     PISSN: 10482911     EISSN: 15413772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/NS.21.2.c     Document Type: Article

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