Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10502860 | Health & Place | 2011 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
This paper contributes to the environmental justice literature by analyzing contextually relevant and racial/ethnic group-specific variables in relation to air toxics cancer risks in a US-Mexico border metropolis at the census block group-level. Results indicate that Hispanics' ethnic status interacts with class, gender and age status to amplify disproportionate risk. In contrast, results indicate that non-Hispanic whiteness attenuates cancer risk disparities associated with class, gender and age status. Findings suggest that a system of white-Anglo privilege shapes the way in which race/ethnicity articulates with other dimensions of inequality to create unequal cancer risks from air toxics.
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Authors
Timothy W. Collins, Sara E. Grineski, Jayajit Chakraborty, Yolanda J. McDonald,