The shale gas boom and the need for rational policy

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1161-1163

  Finkel, Madelon ^a   Hays, Jake ^c   Law, Adam ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Cayuga Medical Center   (United States)

^c Physicians Scientists and Engineers for Healthy Energy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL GAS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MINING; POLICY; POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GAS, NATURAL; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879013910     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301285     Document Type: Review

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