Keywords and phrases: air pollution, petrochemical, environment, health, lifestyle.
Received: October 24, 2023; Accepted: December 13, 2023; Published: January 18, 2024
How to cite this article: Ashraf El-Houbi, Ricardo Tovar-Silos and Sanjog Thapa, The effects of petrochemical plants on environment, health, and lifestyle in Southeast Texas, Advances and Applications in Statistics 91(3) (2024), 317-333. http://dx.doi.org/10.17654/0972361724017
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