Association between health information, use of protective devices and occurrence of acute health problems in the Prestige oil spill clean-up in Asturias and Cantabria (Spain): A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Carrasco, José Miguel ^a   Lope, Virginia ^a   Pérez Gómez, Beatriz ^a   Aragonés, Nuria ^a   Suárez, Berta ^a   López Abente, Gonzalo ^a   Rodríguez Artalejo, Fernando ^b   Pollán, Marina ^a  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUEL OIL;

ARTICLE; CLOTHING; DIZZINESS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NAUSEA; OCULAR PRURITUS; OIL SPILL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RANDOM SAMPLE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK; SPAIN; TELEPHONE; THROAT DISEASE; TOXICOLOGY; VOMITING; WORKER;

EID: 33244462152     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-1     Document Type: Article

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