Blind rush? Shale gas boom proceeds amid human health questions

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Schmidt, Charles W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN OXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; PETROLEUM;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS TURBINE POWER; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; OIL SHALE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; HUMAN; NOTE;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; PETROLEUM;

EID: 84856369233     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.119-a348     Document Type: Article

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