Racial/ethnic disparities in cumulative environmental health impacts in California: Evidence from a statewide environmental justice screening tool (CalEnviroScreen 1.1)

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2341-2348

  Cushing, Lara ^a,b   Faust, John ^b   August, Laura Meehan ^b   Cendak, Rose ^b   Wieland, Walker ^b   Alexeeff, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DANGEROUS GOODS; PESTICIDE;

ANALYSIS; ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTHMA; CALIFORNIA; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; POLLUTION; POVERTY; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ASTHMA; CALIFORNIA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PESTICIDES; POVERTY; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84943764372     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302643     Document Type: Article

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