Cumulative Environmental Impacts: Science and Policy to Protect Communities

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue , 2016, Pages 83-96

  Solomon, Gina M ^a   Morello Frosch, Rachel ^b   Zeise, Lauren ^a   Faust, John B ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; CalEnviroScreen; Environmental justice; Health impact assessment; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GLOBAL HEALTH; NOISE; POLICY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRENDS; URBAN HEALTH; URBANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLIMATE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; NOISE; POLICY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84982845561     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: 15452093     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-032315-021807     Document Type: Review

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