The importance of public health agency independence: Marcellus shale gas drilling in Pennsylvania

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Goldstein, Bernard D ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL GAS;

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MINING; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GAS, NATURAL; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; PENNSYLVANIA; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; STATE GOVERNMENT;

EID: 84893381100     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301755     Document Type: Article

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