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Flaring from Unconventional Oil and Gas Development and Birth Outcomes in the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas

BACKGROUND: Prior studies suggest exposure to oil and gas development (OGD) adversely affects birth outcomes, but no studies have examined flaring—the open combustion of natural gas—from OGD. OBJECTIVES: We investigated whether residential proximity to flaring from OGD was associated with shorter ge...

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Autores principales: Cushing, Lara J., Vavra-Musser, Kate, Chau, Khang, Franklin, Meredith, Johnston, Jill E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Environmental Health Perspectives 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7362742/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32673511
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/EHP6394