Speakers corner. To frack or not to frack? Why is that not a global public health question and how should public health practitioners address it?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 219-220

  Watterson, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH WORKER; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EFFECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; WORKING CONDITIONS;

NATURAL GAS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRACKING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; HYDRAULIC FRACKING; NATURAL GAS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84959550600     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-205359     Document Type: Article

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