Land application of treated sewage sludge: Community health and environmental justice

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 537-542

  Lowman, Amy ^a   McDonald, Mary Anne ^b   Wing, Steve ^a   Muhammad, Naeema ^c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Concerned Citizens of Tillery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Environmental health; Environmental justice; Land application; Qualitative research; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEWAGE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOUTH CAROLINA; VIRGINIA; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84877060862     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1205470     Document Type: Article

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