Cancer risk from exposure to hazardous air pollutants: Spatial and social inequities in Tampa Bay, Florida

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-183

  Chakraborty, Jayajit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution; cancer; environmental health; environmental justice; spatial regression

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; AUTOCORRELATION; CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; METROPOLITAN AREA; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; TOXIC INHALATION;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FLORIDA; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; NEOPLASMS; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; TAMPA BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859166492     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2011.628643     Document Type: Article

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