An initial assessment of spatial relationships between respiratory cases, soil metal content, air quality and deprivation indicators in Glasgow, Scotland, UK: Relevance to the environmental justice agenda

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 319-332

  Morrison, S ^a   Fordyce, F M ^b   Scott, E Marian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air quality; Deprivation; Environmental justice; Health; Pollutants; Soil metals

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; NICKEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SOIL QUALITY;

GLASGOW [SCOTLAND]; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

METAL; NICKEL;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; METALS; NICKEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84896710188     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-013-9565-4     Document Type: Article

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