The use of health impact assessment for a community undergoing natural gas development

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1002-1010

  Witter, Roxana Z ^a   McKenzie, Lisa ^a   Stinson, Kaylan E ^a   Scott, Kenneth ^a   Newman, Lee S ^a   Adgate, John ^a  

^a Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL GAS;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MINING; POLITICS; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COLORADO; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GAS, NATURAL; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; POLITICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 85047687293     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301017     Document Type: Article

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