Acute health effects of the Sea Empress oil spill
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Acute health effects of the Sea Empress oil spill.
STUDY OBJECTIVE To investigate whether residents in the vicinity of the Sea Empress tanker spill suffered an increase in self reported physical and psychological symptoms, which might be attributable to exposure to crude oil. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study; postal questionnaire including demographic details, a symptom checklist, beliefs about health effects of oil and the Hospital Anxiety ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0143-005X
DOI: 10.1136/jech.53.5.306