Environmental Inequality: Childhood Lead Poisoning as an Inadvertent Consequence of the Refugee Resettlement Process

Journal of Progressive Human Services

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 208-222

  Caron, Rosemary M ^a   Tshabangu Soko, Thandi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

African refugees; childhood lead poisoning; environmental inequality; refugee resettlement; refugee resettlement agency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869431602     PISSN: 10428232     EISSN: 15407616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428232.2012.715376     Document Type: Article

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