Hazard Characteristics and Patterns of Environmental Injustice: Household-Level Determinants of Environmental Risk in Miami, Florida

Risk Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1419-1434

  Grineski, Sara E ^a   Collins, Timothy W ^a   Chakraborty, Jayajit ^a   Montgomery, Marilyn ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental injustice; hazard characteristics; Miami, Florida

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; HOUSING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE; FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY; FLORIDA; GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATIONS; HAZARD CHARACTERISTICS; INFLUENCE RELATIONSHIPS; NATIONAL AIR TOXICS ASSESSMENTS; ON-ROAD MOBILE SOURCES;

FLOODS;

CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FLOOD; HEALTH RISK; NATURAL HAZARD; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RACE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL DATA;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; MIAMI; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FLORIDA; HISPANIC; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; RACE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RESIDENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84995609130     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/risa.12706     Document Type: Article

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