Short-term adverse health effects in a community exposed to a large polyvinylchloride plastics fire

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 264-270

  Upshur, Ross ^a,b   James, Marilyn L ^a,c   Richardson, Elizabeth ^c   Brunton, Ginny ^c   Hunter, William ^d   Chambers, Larry ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Hamilton Pub Hlth and Social Serv   (Canada)

^d Regional Public Health Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chloracne; Hospital admissions; Plastics; Polyvinylchloride

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLORACNE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIRE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FIRES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0034917086     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890109604452     Document Type: Article

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