TY - JOUR
AU - Phelps, Jerry
AB - Toxicology and Industrial Health, Vol. 9, No.5, /993 679 OVERVIEW OF THE EPA/NIEHS/ATSDR WORKSHOP­ "EQUITY IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH: RESEARCH ISSUES AND NEEDS" YOLANDA BANKS ANDERSON Health Effects Research Laboratory, USEPA, Research Triangle Park, NC SANDRA L. COULBERSON Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA JERRY PHELPS National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC In recent years, there has been increasing concern that minority (nonwhite) and economically disadvantaged communities bear a disproportionate share of the risks of exposure and of expo­ sure-related health effects from environmental pollutants. These concerns have been brought to the forefront by the Conference on Race and the Incidence of Environmental Hazards (Bryant and Mohai, 1992), the National Minority Health Conference: Focus on Environmental Contamination (ATSDR, 1992), and the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit (Lee, 1992). Major publications that have discussed the nature of the problem include Toxic Wastes and Race in the United States (UCC, 1987), Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class and Environmental Quality (Bullard, 1990), The Truth About Where You Live (Goldman, 1991) and Environmental Equity: Reducing Risk for All Communities (EPA, 1992). These activities and publications have explored a wide array of issues that are 
TI - Overview of the Epa/Niehs/Atsdr Workshop — “Equity in Environmental Health: Research Issues and Needs”
JF - Toxicology and Industrial Health
DO - 10.1177/074823379300900503
DA - 1993-09-01
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SP - 679
EP - 683
VL - 9
IS - 5
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