Oil development and health in the Amazon basin of Ecuador: The popular epidemiology process

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 799-807

  San Sebastián, Miguel ^a,b   Hurtig, Anna Karin ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Inst Epidemiol/Salud Comunitaria   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Amazon; Ecuador; Environment; Oil development; Popular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM;

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; OIL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PETROLEUM; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

AMAZONIA; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 9644279583     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.06.016     Document Type: Article

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