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Virginia T. Guidry | Zendy; Sarah Rhodes | Zendy; Courtney G. Woods | Zendy; Devon Hall | Zendy; Jessica L. Rinsky | Zendy

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Connecting Environmental Justice and Community Health

Author(s) -

Virginia T. Guidry,

Sarah Rhodes,

Courtney G. Woods,

Devon Hall,

Jessica L. Rinsky

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

north carolina medical journal

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.283

H-Index - 24

eISSN - 2379-4313

pISSN - 0029-2559

DOI - 10.18043/ncm.79.5.324

Subject(s) - environmental justice , affect (linguistics) , environmental health , economic justice , scale (ratio) , environmental pollution , environmental planning , geography , environmental resource management , political science , psychology , medicine , environmental protection , environmental science , cartography , communication , law

Environmental justice means equal access to a healthful environment for all. In North Carolina, many sources of pollution disproportionately affect low-income communities and communities of color. Clinicians who recognize effects of environmental injustices can improve patient care and community health. As an example, we present the effects of industrial-scale hog operations in North Carolina.

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