As fracking booms, dearth of health risk data remains

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 903-906

  Tuller, David ^a  

^a University of California School of Public Health and Graduate School of Journalism ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; DRINKING WATER; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; METHANE; METHANOL; NATURAL GAS; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BLINDNESS; BLURRED VISION; CHEMICAL BURN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DECISION MAKING; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAS FIELD; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OIL INDUSTRY; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SKIN IRRITATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; FRACKING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; HYDRAULIC FRACKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84930911539     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0484     Document Type: Article

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