Acute health effects of the hebei oil spill on the residents of Taean, Korea

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 166-173

  Lee, Cheol Heon ^a   Kang, Young A ^a   Chang, Kyu Jin ^a   Kim, Chang Hoon ^a   Hur, Jong Il ^b   Kim, Jae Youn ^c   Lee, Jong Koo ^a  

^a Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^b Taean gun Health Center   (South Korea)

^c Seocheon gun Health Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Crude oil; Oil spill health effect; Oil tanker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; COUGHING; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; KOREA; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OIL SPILL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RHINORRHEA; RISK FACTOR; SEASHORE; SKIN PRURITUS; SKIN TINGLING; SORE THROAT;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PETROLEUM; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77953655552     PISSN: 19758375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.2010.43.2.166     Document Type: Article

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