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Ensuring Healthy American Indian Generations for Tomorrow through Safe and Healthy Indoor Environments

Authors: Joseph A. Pacheco, Christina M. Pacheco, Charley Lewis, Chandler Williams, Charles Barnes, Lanny Rosenwasser, Won S. Choi, Christine M. Daley

Publication Year: 2015

Last Updated: 2021-07-12

Journal: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Keywords: Awareness

Abstract:

Due to the fact that American Indians (AI) have the highest rate of severe physical housing problems in the U.S, and that little information exists about the environmental hazards in AI homes, authors of this paper take on the task of describing challenges that were encountered when recruiting AI for a home-and employment-based environmental health assessments, and highlight major successes, along with proposing recommendations for future indoor environmental health studies.

 

Source: Link to Original Article.

Source: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/12/3/2810

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