Unconventional gas and oil drilling is associated with increased hospital utilization rates

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Jemielita, Thomas ^a   Gerton, George L ^a   Neidell, Matthew ^b   Chillrud, Steven ^c   Yan, Beizhan ^c   Stute, Martin ^c   Howarth, Marilyn ^a   Saberi, Pouné ^a   Fausti, Nicholas ^a   Penning, Trevor M ^a   Roy, Jason ^a   Propert, Kathleen J ^a   Panettieri, Reynold A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology ^*  (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NEONATOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; OIL AND GAS FIELD; ONCOLOGY; ORTHOPEDICS; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; UNCONVENTIONAL GAS AND OIL DRILLING; UNITED STATES; UROLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRACKING; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYDRAULIC FRACKING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84941346993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131093     Document Type: Article

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