title: The effects of the switch from coal gas to natural gas on the accidental death rate: a study of the U.S.A. and Japan.
abstract: As the gas industries in the United States and Japan switched from toxic coal gas to nontoxic natural gas, the incidence of accidental deaths from domestic gas declined dramatically in both nations. Thus, improvements in public health occurred as incidental side effects of business decisions.
authors.affiliation: Stockton State College, Pomona, NJ 08240.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abe
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003031:Coal; D004736:Energy-Generating Resources / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005579:Fossil Fuels; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D003031:Coal; D005579:Fossil Fuels