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Direct linkEsch, Laura; Hendryx, Michael – Journal of Rural Health, 2011
Purpose: To determine if chronic cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality rates are higher among residents of mountaintop mining (MTM) areas compared to mining and nonmining areas, and to examine the association between greater levels of MTM surface mining and CVD mortality. Methods: Age-adjusted chronic CVD mortality rates from 1999 to 2006 for…
Descriptors: Fuels, Obesity, Poverty, Physicians
