Socioeconomic status and environmental noise exposure in Montreal, Canada

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Dale, Laura M ^a   Goudreau, Sophie ^b   Perron, Stephane ^b   Ragettli, Martina S ^b,d   Hatzopoulou, Marianne ^c   Smargiassi, Audrey ^d,e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burden; Deprivation; Environmental equity; Noise; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; NOISE; SOCIAL CLASS;

CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; NOISE; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84928724129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1571-2     Document Type: Article

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