Developmental and reproductive effects of chemicals associated with unconventional oil and natural gas operations

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 307-318

  Webb, Ellen ^a   Bushkin Bedient, Sheila ^b   Cheng, Amanda ^a   Kassotis, Christopher D ^c   Balise, Victoria ^c   Nagel, Susan C ^c  

^a New York State Department of Heafth   (United States)

^b Institute for Health and the Environment   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

birth defects; impaired fetal growth; infertility; low birth weight; maternal health; spontaneous abortion; unconventional oil and natural gas extraction (UOG) miscarriage

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HEAVY METAL; NATURAL GAS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE WATER;

CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; TOXICITY; WASTE WATER;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; NATURAL GAS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84915774806     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/reveh-2014-0057     Document Type: Article

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