Maternal residential proximity to unconventional gas development and perinatal outcomes among a diverse urban population in Texas.

To assess associations between unconventional natural gas development (UGD) and perinatal outcomes.We conducted a retrospective birth cohort study among 158,894 women with a birth or fetal death from November 30, 2010-November 29, 2012 in the Barnett Shale, in North Texas. We constructed three UGD-a...

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Main Authors: Kristina W Whitworth, Amanda K Marshall, Elaine Symanski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5522007?pdf=render