Current concepts: The gulf oil spill

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1334-1348

  Goldstein, Bernard D ^a   Osofsky, Howard J ^b   Lichtveld, Maureen Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BENZENE; BORON; CHROMIUM; LEAD; NICKEL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM;

COMMUNITY; DIZZINESS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE IRRITATION; FISHERMAN; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INJURY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NAUSEA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OIL SPILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SKIN IRRITATION; DRUG EFFECT; ECONOMICS; MINING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; POLLUTION; SEA; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OCEANS AND SEAS; PETROLEUM; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953791995     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1007197     Document Type: Review

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