Unconventional natural gas development and birth outcomes in Pennsylvania, USA

Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 163-172

  Casey, Joan A ^a,f   Savitz, David A ^d,e   Rasmussen, Sara G ^a   Ogburn, Elizabeth L ^b   Pollak, Jonathan ^a   Mercer, Dione G ^g   Schwartz, Brian S ^a,c,g  

^a Department of Environmental Health Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL GAS;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FRACKING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; UNITED STATES; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; OIL INDUSTRY; PENNSYLVANIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRAULIC FRACKING; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NATURAL GAS; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; PENNSYLVANIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84957426702     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000387     Document Type: Article

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