Social science collaboration with environmental health

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1100-1106

  Hoover, Elizabeth ^a   Renauld, Mia ^b   Edelstein, Michael R ^c   Brown, Phil ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; LEUKEMIA; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOLOGY; WATER CONTAMINATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AMERICAN INDIAN; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; COOPERATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEW YORK; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISASTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES (U.S.); NEW YORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SCIENCES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84946058858     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1409283     Document Type: Article

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