Exposure Assessment Using Secondary Data Sources in Unconventional Natural Gas Development and Health Studies.

ABSTRACT: Studies of unconventional natural gas development (UNGD) and health have ranked participants along a gradient of geographic information system (GIS)-based activity that incorporated the distance between participants' home addresses and unconventional natural gas wells. However, studies have used different activity metrics, making result comparisons across the studies difficult. The existing studies have only incorporated wells, without accounting for other components of development (e.g., compressors, impoundments, and flaring events), for which it is often difficult to obtain reliable data but may have relevance to health. Our aims were to (1) describe, in space and time, UNGD-related compressors, impoundments, and flaring events; (2) evaluate whether and how to incorporate these into UNG

SUBMITTER: Koehler K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6437780 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature