Sexual Orientation, Gender, and Environmental Injustice: Unequal Carcinogenic Air Pollution Risks in Greater Houston

Annals of the American Association of Geographers

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 72-92

  Collins, Timothy W ^a   Grineski, Sara E ^a   Morales, Danielle X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution; environmental justice; gender; health disparities; sexuality

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; CARCINOGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEXUALITY;

HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84989260768     PISSN: 24694452     EISSN: 24694460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2016.1218270     Document Type: Article

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