Acute health problems among subjects involved in the cleanup operation following the Prestige oil spill in Asturias and Cantabria (Spain)

Environmental Research

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 413-424

  Suarez B ^a   Lope, V ^a   Perez Gomez B ^a   Aragones N ^a   Rodriguez Artalejo F ^b   Marques F ^c   Guzman A ^d   Viloria, L J ^e   Carrasco, J M ^a   Martin Moreno J M ^c   Lopez Abente G ^a   Pollan M ^a  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

^c Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs   (Spain)

^d Directorate General of Public Health   (Spain)

^e Cantabrian Regional Health Authority   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute health problems; Cleanup activities; Cleanup workers; Oil spill; Prestige

Indexed keywords

CLEANUP; HEALTH IMPACT; OIL SPILL RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODOR; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; ODORS; PETROLEUM; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPAIN;

ASTURIAS; CANTABRIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES;

EID: 27944502083     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2004.12.012     Document Type: Article

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