OVEC Fact Sheets

• The association between mountaintop mining and birth defects among live births in central Appalachia, 1996-2003
• Self-Reported Cancer Rates in Two Rural Areas of West Virginia With and Without Mountaintop Coal Mining

Health Study Articles on the Effects of Coal Mining

• Personal and Family Health in Rural Areas of Kentucky With and Without Mountaintop Coal Mining (March 2013)
• The Effects of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining on Mental Health, Well-Being, and Community Health in Central Appalachia
• How Many Mountains Can We Mine? Assessing the Regional Degradation of Central Appalachian Rivers by Surface Coal Mining (July 2012)
• PowerPoint: Atmospheric Particulate Matter in Proximity to Mountaintop Coal Mines (presented in 2012)
• Summary: Atmospheric Particulate Matter in Proximity to Mountaintop Coal Mines (presented in 2012)
• The association between mountaintop mining and birth defects among live births in central Appalachia,19962003  (May 2011)
• Health-Related Quality of Life Among Central Appalachian Residents in Mountaintop Mining Counties (May 2011)
• Self-Reported Cancer Rates in Two Rural Areas of West Virginia with and Without Mountaintop Coal Mining (July 2011)
• Full cost accounting for the life cycle of coal  (2011)
• Chronic Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Mountaintop Mining Areas of Central Appalachian States (2011)
• Poverty and Mortality Disparities in Central Appalachia: Mountaintop Mining and Environmental Justice (2011)
• Residence in Coal-Mining Areas and Low-Birth-Weight Outcomes (January 2010)
• Mountaintop Mining Consequences  (January 2010)
• Ecological Integrity of Streams Related to Human Cancer Mortality Rates (April 2010)
• A Comparative Analysis of Health-Related Quality of Life for Residents of U.S. Counties with and without Coal Mining (July 2010)
• Learning Outcomes among Students in Relation to West Virginia Coal Mining: an Environmental Riskscape Approach (2010)
• A geographical information system-based analysis of cancer mortality and population exposure to coal mining activities in West Virginia, United States of America (2010)
• Mortality in Appalachian Coal Mining Regions: The Value of Statistical Life Lost  (July 2009)
• Higher coronary heart disease and heart attack morbidity in Appalachian coal mining regions (September 2009)
• Relations Between Health Indicators and Residential Proximity to Coal Mining in West Virginia (April 2008)
• Mortality Rates in Appalachian Coal Mining Counties: 24 Years Behind the Nation (2008)
• Mortality from heart, respiratory, and kidney disease in coal mining areas of Appalachia (May 2008)
• Lung cancer mortality is elevated in coal-mining areas of Appalachia (February 2008)
• Hospitalization Patterns Associated with Appalachian Coal Mining (June 2007)