Michael Hendryx, PhD
Director, West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
Phone: 304.293.9206 Fax: 304.293.6685 E-mail: mhendryx@hsc.wvu.edu
Institute for Health Policy Research, Department of Community Medicine West Virginia University 3110 MacCorkle Avenue, SE Charleston, WV 25304-1299
Current Projects
Toxics Release Inventory Sites and Population Health across Rural and Urban Areas
Research center:
West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
Funder:
Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topic:
Public health
Previous research has identified higher mortality rates in rural areas in association with exposure to pollution sources. This study conducts mortality outcome analyses specific to discharges from Toxics Release Inventory sites across the spectrum of rural to urban settings.
Completed Projects
Rural Environmental Hazards Inventory and Associated Health Outcomes, Lead researcher
Research center:
West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
Funder:
Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topics:
Health promotion and disease prevention,
Public health
This study will create a national inventory of potential environmental hazards for rural populations. Population health outcomes such as CDC mortality statistics will be examined to determine if poor health outcomes are related to greater exposures to potential hazards.
Publications
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Pollution Sources and Mortality Rates across Rural-Urban Areas in the United States (Final Report)
Author(s): Michael Hendryx, Evan Fedorko, Joel Halverson
Research center:
West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
Topics:
Agricultural health and safety,
Public health
Report Number: Final Report #1 Date: 02 / 2010
Rural counties contain more than 65,000 EPA-recognized point pollution sources. A greater density of water and air pollution sources in rural counties is associated with higher cancer mortality rates adjusting for other risks. Rural areas also experience mortality risks in association with coal mining activity.
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Pollution Sources and Mortality Rates across Rural-Urban Areas in the United States (Policy Brief)
Author(s): Michael Hendryx, Evan Fedorko, Joel Halverson
Research center:
West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
Topics:
Agricultural health and safety,
Public health
Report Number: Policy Brief #1 Date: 02 / 2010
Rural counties contain more than 65,000 EPA-recognized point pollution sources. A greater density of water and air pollution sources in rural counties is associated with higher cancer mortality rates adjusting for other risks. Rural areas also experience mortality risks in association with coal mining activity.
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