Application of a novel method for assessing cumulative risk burden by county

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1820-1835

  Salinas, Jennifer J ^a   Shah, Manasi ^a   Abdelbary, Bassent ^a   Gay, Jennifer L ^b   Sexton, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative risk burden; Race ethnicity; Socioeconomics; Texas; Texas mexico border

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ETHNICITY; HEALTH IMPACT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LOW INCOME POPULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; VULNERABILITY;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CRIME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN SECURITY INDEX; IMMIGRANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEXICO; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861515014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9051820     Document Type: Article

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