A longitudinal study of the health impacts of a petroleum refinery

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 7-8, 2000, Pages 1155-1166

  Luginaah, Isaac N ^a   Taylor, S Martin ^b   Elliott, Susan J ^a   Eyles, John D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health and well being; Odour annoyance; Odour perception; Refinery emissions; Symptom reporting

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM;

HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; REFINING INDUSTRY;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; COMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; OIL INDUSTRY; PERCEPTION; RESIDENT; SENSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM; WELLBEING;

ADULT; CHILD; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODORS; PETROLEUM;

CANADA;

EID: 0033984693     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00362-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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