Our environment, our health: A community-based participatory environmental health survey in Richmond, California

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 198-209

  Cohen, Alison ^a   Lopez, Andrea ^b   Malloy, Nile ^b   Morello Frosch, Rachel ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based participatory research; Empowerment; Environmental health; Health disparities; Social determinants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; POLLUTION; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84857738727     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198111412591     Document Type: Article

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