Socioeconomic correlates of municipal-level pollution emissions on Montreal Island

Premji, S., Bertrand, F., Smargiassi, A., and Daniels, M. (2007). Socioeconomic correlates of municipal-level pollution emissions on Montreal Island. Canadian Journal of Public Health98(2), 138–42. 

Abstract

Differential exposure to environmental hazards is one component of the social gradient in health. Few studies have investigated the association between socioeconomic characteristics and environmental hazards in a Canadian context. We assessed the relationships between pollution emissions and socio-economic characteristics for 27 municipalities on Montreal Island.

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