Environmental health advocacy: an overview of natural gas drilling in northeast Pennsylvania and implications for pediatric nursing.

Lori S Lauver

Jefferson School of Nursing, Thomas Jefferson University, Danville, PA, USA. lori.lauver@jefferson.edu

Journal of pediatric nursing 2012 Aug

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This article presents an overview of the Marcellus Shale gas well drilling project in northeast Pennsylvania and serves as a model for how nurses can evaluate such problems in their own communities. Resources to help nurses become involved in the environmental health advocacy process are made available. Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Lori S Lauver. Environmental health advocacy: an overview of natural gas drilling in northeast Pennsylvania and implications for pediatric nursing. Journal of pediatric nursing. 2012 Aug;27(4):383-9