Assessment of the Acute and Chronic Health Hazards of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 611-624

  Wattenberg, Elizabeth V ^a   Bielicki, Jeffrey M ^b,c   Suchomel, Ashley E ^a   Sweet, Jessica T ^a   Vold, Elizabeth M ^a   Ramachandran, Gurumurthy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bakken Shale Play; health hazards; hydraulic fracturing; hydraulic fracturing fluid; toxicity

Indexed keywords

BENZYL CHLORIDE; BENZYL DERIVATIVE; DANGEROUS GOODS; NAPHTHALENE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL DATABASE; CHEMISTRY; DANGEROUS GOODS; FRACKING; HUMAN; MINING; NORTH DAKOTA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

BENZYL COMPOUNDS; DATABASES, CHEMICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; HYDRAULIC FRACKING; NAPHTHALENES; NORTH DAKOTA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84940213595     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2015.1029612     Document Type: Article

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