Hazardous substances releases associated with Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in industrial settings, Louisiana and Texas

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-57

  Ruckart, Perri Zeitz ^a   Orr, Maureen F ^a   Lanier, Kenneth ^b   Koehler, Allison ^b  

^a AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical release; Hazardous substances; Hurricanes; Industrial release; Shutdown; Startup

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; MATERIALS HANDLING; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

CHEMICAL RELEASE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HURRICANES; INDUSTRIAL RELEASE; SHUTDOWN; STARTUP;

POLLUTION;

1,3 BUTADIENE; ACID; AMMONIA; ASBESTOS; BENZENE; CHLORINE; ETHYLENE; HYDROCARBON; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; PESTICIDE; POLYMER; PROPYLENE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

DISEASE; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; HURRICANE RITA 2005; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; POWER GENERATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DANGEROUS GOODS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HURRICANE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

CYCLONES; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; LOUISIANA; TEXAS;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51649090914     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.07.124     Document Type: Article

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