Community-based participatory research projects and policy engagement to protect environmental health on St Lawrence Island, Alaska

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 72, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Miller, Pamela K ^a   Waghiyi, Viola ^a,b   Welfinger Smith, Gretchen ^c   Byrne, Samuel Carter ^a,c   Kava, Jane ^a,b   Gologergen, Jesse ^a,b   Eckstein, Lorraine ^a   Scrudato, Ronald ^c   Chiarenzelli, Jeff ^d   Carpenter, David O ^c   Seguinot Medina, Samarys ^a  

^a Alaska Community Action on Toxics   (United States)

^b Native Village of Savoonga   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based participatory research; Environmental health; Military toxics; Persistent organic pollutants; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Yupik

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FISH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); METHODOLOGY; MILITARY TOXICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; YUPIK;

COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY TOXICS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; YUPIK;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ISLANDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 84881293199     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v72i0.21656     Document Type: Article

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