Health Concerns of Northeastern Pennsylvania Residents Living in an Unconventional Oil and Gas Development County

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 502-510

  McDermott Levy, Ruth ^a   Garcia, Victoria ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

community changes; environmental health; fracking; powerlessness; stress; unconventional oil and gas development

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; OIL AND GAS FIELD; PENNSYLVANIA; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; PENNSYLVANIA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84963623536     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/phn.12265     Document Type: Article

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