Evacuation decisions in a chemical air pollution incident: Cross sectional survey

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7506, 2005, Pages 1471-1474

  Kinra, S ^a   Lewendon, G ^b   Nelder, R ^b   Herriott, N ^c   Mohan, R ^c   Hort, M ^d   Harrison, S ^e   Murray, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Plymouth Teaching Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^e Devon Team   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DECISION MAKING; EVACUATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHELTERING; SMOKE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; VAPOR; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS;

PLASTIC;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PLASTICS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKE; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 22544482674     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.330.7506.1471     Document Type: Review

References (11)

1. Purdy G, Davies PC. Toxic gas incidents-some important considerations for emergency planning. In: The assessment and control of major hazards. Rugby: Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1985.
2. NHS Executive. Deliberate release of biological and chemical agents: Guidance to help plan the health service response. London: Department of Health, 2000.
3. Essery G. On site emergency planning and the use of predictive techniques.J Loss Prevention in the Process industries 1991:4:44-8.
4. Essery G. Chemical incident: evacuate or shelter. Safety Health Practitioner 1994;12:22-5.
5. Jones A, Thomson D, Hort M, Devenish BJ. The UK Met Office's next-generation atmospheric dispersion model, NAME HI. Proceedings of the NATO CCMS international technical meeting on air pollution modelling and its application (October 2004). Banff, Canada: Kluwer (in press).
6. Morris, RD. Human health effects of a spill of aromatic distillates in Superior, Wisconsin. Atlanta: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Division of Health Studies, 1997.
7. Bauer U, Berg D, Kohn MA, Meriwether RA, Nickle RA. Acute effects of nitrogen dioxide after accidental release. Public Health Rep 1998;113: 62-70.
8. Baxter PJ, Heap BJ, Rowland MG, Murray V. Thetford plastics fire, October 1991: the role of a preventative medical team in chemical incidents. Occup Environ Med 1995;52:694-8.
9. Kizer KW, Garb LG, Hine CH. Health effects of silicon tetrachloride. J Occup Med 1984;26:33-6.
10. National Transportation Safety Board. Railroad accident report-Derailment of Illinois central gulf railroad freight train extra 9629 East (GS-2-28) and release of hazardous materials at Livingstone, Louisiana, September 28, 1982. Washington, DC: Bureau of Technology, 1983.
11. Sorenson JH. Evacuations due to off-site releases from chemical accidents: experience from 1980 to 1984. J Hazardous Materials 1987;14:247-57.