Environmental deterioration and disease in the Middle Rio Grande Valley: An investigation of the linkages at household level

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• Jones is Professor of Geography at the University of Texas at San Antonio. This project was made possible by an EPA Environmental Justice Grant through the Hispanic Research Center, UTSA, and the William C. Velasquez Institute (formerly the Southwest Voter Research Institute). The author gratefully acknowledges the invaluable assistance of Avelardo Valdez (co‐principal investigator); Manuel Valenzuela (field research associate); Jo Rios (coordinator of the Lower Rio Grande portion of the project); Angela Acosta (with the WVRI); and Patricia Muzquiz, Renissa Garza, and Mark Garcia (research assistants).
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