Environmental Justice: Social Disparities in Environmental Exposures and Health: Overview

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 459-470

  Bolte, G ^a   Pauli, A ^b   Hornberg, C ^b  

^a Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Built environment; Chemical; Effect modification; Environmental health; Environmental inequalities; Environmental justice; Exposure variation; Neighborhood; Noise; Poverty; Psychosocial factors; Social status; Socioeconomic position

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861399917     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00685-1     Document Type: Chapter

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