Concern about petrochemical health risk before and after a refinery explosion

Risk Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 589-601

  Cutchin, Malcolm P ^a,b   Martin, Kathryn Remmes ^b,c   Owen, Steven V ^d   Goodwin, James S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Concern; Environmental health risk; Petrochemical; Stress; Texas City

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CHEMICAL PLANTS; CURVE FITTING; DISASTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; EXPLOSIONS; FOOD PROCESSING; FORECASTING; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HEALTH; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS; PETROCHEMICALS; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; PUBLIC RISKS; REFINING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; SAFETY FACTOR; STRESSES; WELL STIMULATION;

(ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC) STRESS; (E ,2E) THEORY; CONTEXTUAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CONCERN; HISPANIC; HISPANICS (CO); INCOME GROUPS; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); MITIGATION STRATEGIES; MIXED MODEL (MM); OIL REFINERIES; ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES (OLS); PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION (R2); TEXAS CITY;

HEALTH RISKS;

EXPLOSION; HEALTH RISK; INJURY; MORTALITY; PERCEPTION; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REFINING INDUSTRY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXPLOSION; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OIL INDUSTRY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; AGED; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEXAS;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45349097392     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2008.01050.x     Document Type: Article

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