The drinking water disparities framework: On the origins and persistence of inequities in exposure

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 603-611

  Balazs, Carolina L ^a,b   Ray, Isha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; POLICY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

CALIFORNIA; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PUBLIC POLICY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84896532932     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301664     Document Type: Article

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