Hispanic heterogeneity and environmental injustice: Intra-ethnic patterns of exposure to cancer risks from traffic-related air pollution in Miami

Population and Environment

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-44

  Grineski, Sara Elizabeth ^a   Collins, Timothy W ^a   Chakraborty, Jayajit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental injustice; Ethnic status; Florida; Hispanic Latino; Miami

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH RISK; HETEROGENEITY; LATINO PEOPLE; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; MIAMI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881050658     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: 15737810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-012-0184-2     Document Type: Article

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