Proximity to natural gas wells and reported health status: Results of a household survey in Washington County, Pennsylvania

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 21-26

  Rabinowitz, Peter M ^a,b   Slizovskiy, Ilya B ^a,c   Lamers, Vanessa ^c,d   Trufan, Sally J ^a,b   Holford, Theodore R ^c   Dziura, James D ^c   Peduzzi, Peter N ^c   Kane, Michael J ^c   Reif, John S ^e   Weiss, Theresa R ^a   Stowe, Meredith H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; NATURAL GAS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OIL AND GAS FIELD; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NATURAL GAS; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; PENNSYLVANIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84920084123     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1307732     Document Type: Article

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