Acute health problems among the people engaged in the cleanup of the Nakhodka oil spill

Environmental Research

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 185-194

  Morita, Akemi ^a   Kusaka, Yukinori ^a   Deguchi, Yoji ^a   Moriuchi, Akio ^a   Nakanaga, Yuko ^a   Iki, Masayuki ^a   Miyazaki, Shigekazu ^a   Kawahara, Kazuo ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Health effect; Hippuric acid; Nakhodka oil spill; Oil cleanup; Resident population

Indexed keywords

HIPPURIC ACID; HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; CLEANING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; FACE MASK; FEMALE; GLOVE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OIL SPILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0032599841     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1999.3979     Document Type: Article

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