Prolonged respiratory symptoms in clean-up workers of the Prestige oil spill

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 610-616

  Zock, Jan Paul ^a,b   Rodríguez Trigo, Gema ^a,c   Pozo Rodríguez, Francisco ^d,e   Barberà, Joan A ^e,f   Bouso, Laura ^a   Torralba, Yolanda ^e,f   Antó, Josep M ^a,g,h   Gómez, Federico P ^f   Fuster, Carme ⁱ   Verea, Héctor ^c  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disaster; Epidemiology; Oil spill; Prestige; Respiratory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FISHERMAN; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; OIL SPILL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; SEA POLLUTION; SPAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISASTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FISHERIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUEL OILS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL OILS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEAWATER; SPAIN;

EID: 34548603300     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200701-016OC     Document Type: Article

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