Environmental health impacts of unconventional natural gas development: A review of the current strength of evidence

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 505, Issue , 2015, Pages 1127-1141

  Werner, Angela K ^a   Vink, Sue ^a   Watt, Kerrianne ^a,b   Jagals, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coal seam gas; Environmental health impact; Shale gas; Strength of evidence; Tight gas; Unconventional natural gas

Indexed keywords

TIGHT GAS;

COAL SEAM GAS; CURRENT STRENGTH; ENVIRONMENTAL-HEALTH IMPACT; STRENGTH OF EVIDENCE; UNCONVENTIONAL NATURAL GAS;

SHALE GAS;

COAL; NATURAL GAS; SHALE GAS; TIGHT GAS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNCONVENTIONAL NATURAL GAS;

COAL SEAM; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; NATURAL GAS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AQUIFER; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHILD HEALTH; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GAS TURBINE POWER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIGHT POLLUTION; NOISE POLLUTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAFFIC; WATER QUALITY; MINING; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; NATURAL GAS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84909594442     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.084     Document Type: Review

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