Race, deprivation, and immigrant isolation: The spatial demography of air-toxic clusters in the continental United States

Social Science Research

Volumn 54, Issue , 2015, Pages 50-67

  Liévanos, Raoul S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Edge effects; Environmental inequality; Hot spots; Intersectionality; Spatial demography; U.S. EPA National Air Toxics Assessment

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIGRANT; NEOPLASMS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES; NEOPLASMS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84937047238     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.06.014     Document Type: Article

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