Spatial disparity in the distribution of superfund sites in South Carolina: An ecological study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Burwell Naney, Kristen ^a,b   Zhang, Hongmei ^c   Samantapudi, Ashok ^c   Jiang, Chengsheng ^a,b   Dalemarre, Laura ^b   Rice, Lashanta ^c   Williams, Edith ^c   Wilson, Sacoby ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GIS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUPERFUND; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERFUND; UNITED STATES; ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMAN; POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

HAZARDOUS WASTE;

DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 84887921791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-12-96     Document Type: Article

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