Identifying inequitable exposure to toxic air pollution in racialized and low-income neighbourhoods to support pollution prevention

Geospatial Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 265-278

  Kershaw, Suzanne ^a   Gower, Stephanie ^b,c   Rinner, Claus ^a   Campbell, Monica ^b,c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Canada; Environmental justice; National pollutant release inventory; Spatial analysis; Toxic equivalency potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878485070     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2013.85     Document Type: Article

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