Unconventional oil and gas development and risk of childhood leukemia: Assessing the evidence

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 576, Issue , 2017, Pages 138-147

  Elliott, Elise G ^a   Trinh, Pauline ^a   Ma, Xiaomei ^a   Leaderer, Brian P ^a   Ward, Mary H ^b   Deziel, Nicole C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Carcinogens; Hydraulic fracturing; Shale; Wastewater; Water contamination

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR POLLUTION; CARCINOGENS; DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FRACTURING FLUIDS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHALE; WASTEWATER;

CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; EXPOSURE AND RISK ASSESSMENTS; EXPOSURE MONITORING; INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCERS; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS; WATER CONTAMINANTS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

WATER POLLUTION;

1,3 BUTADIENE; ALCOHOL; ARSENIC; BENZENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; DICHLOROMETHANE; DRINKING WATER; ETHYLENE OXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; HEPTACHLOR; HYDRAZINE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; NATURAL GAS; NICKEL; OIL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PROPYLENE OXIDE; RADIUM 226; RADIUM 228; SILICON DIOXIDE; STYRENE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; CARCINOGEN; GAS WELL; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OIL WELL; RISK FACTOR; SHALE; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXHAUST GAS; GAS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LYMPHOMA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VOLATILIZATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEUKEMIA; OIL AND GAS FIELD;

UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84992623361     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.072     Document Type: Article

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