Impact of the Hydraulic Fracturing on Indoor Radon Concentrations in Ohio: A Multilevel Modeling Approach

According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), exposure to radon gas is the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking. Extant research that has reported that fracking activity increases the radon levels. “Fracking” also known as hydraulic fracturing, which is a te...

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Main Authors: Yanqing Xu, Mounika Sajja, Ashok Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
GIS
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00076/full