Traffic Noise and Inequality in the Twin Cities, Minnesota

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 601-619

  Nega, Tsegaye Habte ^a   Chihara, Laura ^a   Smith, Kimberly ^a   Jayaraman, Mallika ^a  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental justice; GIS; health; spatial statistics; traffic noise

Indexed keywords

LACUNA;

EID: 84875972371     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2012.691409     Document Type: Article

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