Association between unemployment, income, education level, population size and air pollution in Czech cities: Evidence for environmental inequality? A pilot national scale analysis

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1110-1114

  Branis, Martin ^a   Linhartova, Martina ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Environmental justice; Social disparity; Urban air quality

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; INCOME; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION SIZE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CZECH REPUBLIC; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL INEQUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; INCOME; PARTICULATE MATTER; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION SIZE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALARY; SOCIAL STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

EID: 84864812653     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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