Perinatal outcomes and unconventional natural gas operations in Southwest Pennsylvania

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Stacy, Shaina L ^a   Brink, LuAnn L ^a   Larkin, Jacob C ^b   Sadovsky, Yoel ^b   Goldstein, Bernard D ^a   Pitt, Bruce R ^a   Talbott, Evelyn O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL GAS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNCONVENTIONAL GAS DRILLING; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEWBORN; OIL INDUSTRY; PENNSYLVANIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NATURAL GAS; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; PENNSYLVANIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84935886553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126425     Document Type: Article

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