Health complaints among subjects involved in oil cleanup operations during oil spillage from a Greek tanker "tasman Spirit"

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-148

  Meo, Sultan ^a   Al Drees, Abdul ^a   Rasheed, Shahzad ^b   Meo, Imran ^a   Al Saadi, Muslim ^a   Ghani, Hamza ^a   Alkandari, Jasem ^c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Department of Anatomy   (Pakistan)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Greek oil tanker; Health complaints; Oil spill; Respiratory findings; Tasman Spirit

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; EYE IRRITATION; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OIL SPILL; RHINORRHEA; SKIN PRURITUS; SORE THROAT; VOMITING; WHEEZING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 68549105986     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10001-009-0011-x     Document Type: Article

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