Environmental health advocacy: an overview of natural gas drilling in northeast Pennsylvania and implications for pediatric nursing.
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.
Jefferson School of Nursing, Thomas Jefferson University, Danville, PA, USA. lori.lauver@jefferson.edu
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