Comparing Disproportionate Exposure to Acute and Chronic Pollution Risks: A Case Study in Houston, Texas

Risk Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2005-2020

  Chakraborty, Jayajit ^a   Collins, Timothy W ^b   Grineski, Sara E ^b   Montgomery, Marilyn C ^a   Hernandez, Maricarmen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Chemical accidents; Environmental justice; Spatial regression

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FACINGS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HAZARDS; POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S; HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS; SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL REGRESSION; SPATIAL REGRESSION MODEL;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEXAS;

EID: 84919871600     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/risa.12224     Document Type: Article

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