Industrial pollution and environmental health in rural China: Risk, uncertainty and individualization

China Quarterly

Volumn , Issue 214, 2013, Pages 283-301

  Tilt, Bryan ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; environmental health; individualization; industrial pollution; scientific uncertainty; Sichuan

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RURAL AREA; VILLAGE;

CHINA; SICHUAN;

EID: 84879641914     PISSN: 03057410     EISSN: 14682648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305741013000350     Document Type: Article

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