Fracked: Coal seam gas extraction and farmers' mental health

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue , 2016, Pages 22-32

  Morgan, Methuen I ^a   Hine, Donald W ^a   Bhullar, Navjot ^a   Dunstan, Debra A ^a   Bartik, Warren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coal bed methane; Coal seam gas; Farmers; Mental health; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84965149236     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2016.04.012     Document Type: Article

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