Shale gas regulation in the UK and health implications of fracking

The Lancet

Volumn 383, Issue 9936, 2014, Pages 2211-2212

  Hill, Michael ^a  

^a Lytham St Annes   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; DRINKING WATER; LEAD; NATURAL GAS; SHALE GAS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GAS; HUMAN; LAW; LETTER; NOISE POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHALE GAS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; CHEMICAL WASTE; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXTRACTION; GENERATOR; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GAS, NATURAL; HUMANS;

EID: 84903217655     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60888-6     Document Type: Letter

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