Measuring the success of community science: The Northern California household exposure study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 326-331

  Brown, Phil ^a   Brody, Julia Green ^b   Morello Frosch, Rachel ^c   Tovar, Jessica ^d   Zota, Ami R ^e   Rudel, Ruthann A ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Silent Spring Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Communities for a Better Environment ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Community based participatory research; Environmental justice; Evaluation metrics; Exposure science

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; EMPOWERMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSEHOLD; NOTE; OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEAMWORK; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HEALTH POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84857695651     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1103734     Document Type: Note

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