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Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A
Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering
Volume 50, 2015 - Issue 5: Facing the Challenges – Research on Shale Gas Extraction
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Reported health conditions in animals residing near natural gas wells in southwestern Pennsylvania

I. B. SlizovskiySection of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA;Division of Environmental Health Sciences, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA;Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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L. A. ContiGlobal One Health Solutions,Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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S. J. TrufanDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, Washington, USA
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J. S. ReifDepartment of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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V. T. LamersDivision of Environmental Health Sciences, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA;Yale School of Forestry, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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M. H. StoweDivision of Environmental Health Sciences, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA;Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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J. DziuraYale University School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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P. M. RabinowitzOccupational and Environmental Medicine Program, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA;Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, Washington, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 473-481 | Published online: 03 Mar 2015

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