Association between unconventional natural gas development in the marcellus shale and asthma exacerbations

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1334-1343

  Rasmussen, Sara G ^a   Ogburn, Elizabeth L ^a   McCormack, Meredith ^b   Casey, Joan A ^c   Bandeen Roche, Karen ^a   Mercer, Dione G ^d   Schwartz, Brian S ^a,b,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NATURAL GAS; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OIL INDUSTRY; PENNSYLVANIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY ELDERLY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRACKING; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; OIL AND GAS FIELD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYDRAULIC FRACKING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL GAS; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; PENNSYLVANIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84998546750     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.2436     Document Type: Article

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