Immediate and long-term health impact of exposure to gas-mining induced earthquakes and related environmental stressors.
Background Little is known about the public health impact of chronic exposure to physical and social stressors in the human environment. Objective of this study was to investigate the immediate and long-term health effects of living in an environment with gas-mining induced earthquakes and related s...
| Published in: | European Journal of Public Health Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 715 - 722 |
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| Format: | pictorial research Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Aug2021
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