Occupational exposures in the oil and gas extraction industry: State of the science and research recommendations

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 847-856

  Witter, Roxana Z ^a   Tenney, Liliana ^a   Clark, Suzanne ^b   Newman, Lee S ^a  

^a Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydraulic fracturing; Occupational health; Occupational safety; Oil and gas industry; Silica exposure

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MINING; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; OIL AND GAS FIELD; RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84902831194     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22316     Document Type: Article

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