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Comment
. 2017 Dec 7;125(12):124003.
doi: 10.1289/EHP2553.

In the Neighborhood of 18 Million: Estimating How Many People Live Near Oil and Gas Wells

Lindsey Konkel
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In the Neighborhood of 18 Million: Estimating How Many People Live Near Oil and Gas Wells

Lindsey Konkel. Environ Health Perspect. .
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Photograph of houses near a well pad
The Marcellus and Utica shale plays running beneath southeastern Ohio, where this community is located, make the state the seventh top U.S. state in gas production. The remainder of the top 10 producers include Texas, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Colorado, Wyoming, West Virginia, New Mexico, and Arkansas. Image: © Elise Elliott/Yale University.
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