Public health and high volume hydraulic fracturing

New Solutions

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-31

  Korfmacher, Katrina Smith ^b   Jones, Walter A ^a   Malone, Samantha L ^c   Vinci, Leon F ^d  

^a Laborers' Health and Safety Fund of North America   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d CEO of Health Promotion Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental health; Hydrofracking; Public health

Indexed keywords

NATURAL GAS;

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; MINING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; NATURAL GAS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84891471354     PISSN: 10482911     EISSN: 15413772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/NS.23.1.c     Document Type: Article

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