Environmental research translation: Enhancing interactions with communities at contaminated sites

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 497-498, Issue , 2014, Pages 651-664

  Ramirez Andreotta, Monica D ^a   Brusseau, Mark L ^a   Artiola, Janick F ^a   Maier, Raina M ^a   Gandolfi, A Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community engagement; Contaminated sites; Environmental health; Public participation; Superfund sites

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT; CONTAMINATED SITES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; SUPERFUND SITES;

CONTAMINATION;

SOLVENT;

CAPACITY BUILDING; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; REMEDIATION; SUPERFUND;

ANTHROPOLOGY; BIOREMEDIATION; CITY PLANNING; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; MINING; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY; POLLUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; CONSUMER; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; RESEARCH;

COMMUNICATION; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; HUMANS; RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84906687701     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.021     Document Type: Review

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