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001 2010026789
003 DLC
005 20110812082919.0
008 100707s2010 enkab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010026789
015 $aGBB096121$2bnb
016 7 $a015624423$2Uk
016 7 $a101552861$2DNLM
020 $a9781844078240 (hardback)
020 $a1844078248 (hardback)
020 $a9781844078257 (pbk.)
020 $a1844078256 (pbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn647976642
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dUKM$dYDXCP$dCDX$dNLM$dCHRRO$dCCS$dDLC
050 00 $aRA566$b.M26 2010
060 00 $a2011 B-185
060 10 $aWA 30.5
072 7 $as1me$2rero
082 00 $a362.1$222
100 1 $aMargai, Florence M.
245 10 $aEnvironmental health hazards and social justice :$bgeographical perspectives on race and class disparities /$cFlorence Margai.
260 $aLondon, UK ;$aWashington, DC :$bEarthscan,$c2010.
300 $axviii, 286 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aGeographic foundations of environmental health hazards: the need for a place-based perspective -- Environmental health and disease indicators: valuation measures, transition frameworks and burden of disease estimates -- Population health disparities and social injustices: indicators and spatial patterns -- Conceptualization and measurement of race, ethnicity and class -- Environmental health data collection, analysis and visualization: an overview of geographic methodologies -- Global climate change and environmental degradation: place vulnerability and public health challenges -- A spatial analysis of emergent and re-emergent public health risks -- Toxic chemicals: disparate patterns of exposure and health outcomes -- Geographic principles of environmental justice and equity -- Global geographies, environmental injustice and health inequities -- Population disparities in water access, sanitation and health implications -- Food justice, nutritional security and paediatric health outcomes -- Poverty, race and place: a triple whammy hypothesis for minority health geographies -- Globalization, population mobility and immigrant health disparities -- Group disparities in access, quality and utilization of health resources -- Exploring pathways to environmental, health and social equity.
650 0 $aEnvironmental health$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aMedical geography$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aHealth and race$xEnvironmental aspects.
650 0 $aPoor$xHealth and hygiene$xEnvironmental aspects.
650 12 $aEnvironmental Health.
650 22 $aHazardous Substances.
650 22 $aHealth Status Disparities.
650 22 $aPoverty Areas.
650 22 $aResidence Characteristics.
650 22 $aVulnerable Populations.