Assessment and longitudinal analysis of health impacts and stressors perceived to result from unconventional shale gas development in the Marcellus Shale region
Assessment and longitudinal analysis of health impacts and stressors perceived to result from unconventional shale gas development in the Marcellus Shale region
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DOI：
10.1179/2049396713y.0000000024
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发表时间：
2013-06-01
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Goldstein, Bernard D.
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作者：
Ferrar, Kyle J.;Kriesky, Jill;Goldstein, Bernard D.
简介：马塞勒斯页岩非常规天然气开发引发了对健康和社会影响的担忧。我们的目标是记录马塞勒斯页岩开发造成的自我报告的健康影响以及身心健康压力。方法：对居住在马塞勒斯页岩开发附近的社区成员进行了两组方便抽样调查，分别为 2010 年 3 月至 9 月 1 日（n = 33）和 2012 年 1 月至 4 月 2 日（n = 20）。对健康影响的症状和心理压力的来源进行了编码。每次访谈都会量化症状和压力源计数。对每位参与者的计数进行纵向比较。结果：参与者将 59 种独特的健康影响和 13 种压力因素归因于马塞勒斯页岩开发。压力是最常报告的症状。随着时间的推移，感知的健康影响增加（P=0.042），而压力源保持不变（P=0.855）。讨论：需要基于暴露的流行病学研究来解决已确定的健康影响以及随着非常规天然气开采的继续而可能产生的影响。许多压力源可以立即得到解决。
Introduction: Concerns for health and social impacts have arisen as a result of Marcellus Shale unconventional natural gas development. Our goal was to document the self-reported health impacts and mental and physical health stressors perceived to result from Marcellus Shale development.Methods: Two sets of interviews were conducted with a convenience sample of community members living proximal to Marcellus Shale development, session 1 March-September 2010 (n=33) and session 2 January-April 2012 (n=20). Symptoms of health impacts and sources of psychological stress were coded. Symptom and stressor counts were quantified for each interview. The counts for each participant were compared longitudinally.Results: Participants attributed 59 unique health impacts and 13 stressors to Marcellus Shale development. Stress was the most frequently-reported symptom. Over time, perceived health impacts increased (P=0.042), while stressors remained constant (P=0.855).Discussion: Exposure-based epidemiological studies are needed to address identified health impacts and those that may develop as unconventional natural gas extraction continues. Many of the stressors can be addressed immediately.