Giuseppe
Emeritus
The Gulf Oil Spill (N Engl J Med., extract, edited.)
[Source: The New England Journal of Medicine, full text: <cite cite="http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1007197?query=TOC">The Gulf Oil Spill ? NEJM</cite>. Extract, edited.]
Review Article
Current Concepts
The Gulf Oil Spill
Bernard D. Goldstein, M.D., Howard J. Osofsky, M.D., Ph.D., and Maureen Y. Lichtveld, M.D., M.P.H.
N Engl J Med 2011; 364:1334-1348
April 7, 2011
One year after the Gulf oil spill (also known as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the BP oil spill, or the Gulf of Mexico oil spill), the full magnitude of the environmental, economic, and human health effects of this major disaster remain unknown. Despite a growing literature describing the impact of oil spills on health, it is difficult to respond to the many questions asked by clinicians and the public about this spill or the risk of future spills. The uncertainty is exemplified by the study of 55,000 Gulf oil spill workers by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), which is open-ended rather than focused on a specific number of end points. The uncertainty also has consequences for the economic and psychosocial well-being of Gulf Coast residents.
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[Source: The New England Journal of Medicine, full text: <cite cite="http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1007197?query=TOC">The Gulf Oil Spill ? NEJM</cite>. Extract, edited.]
Review Article
Current Concepts
The Gulf Oil Spill
Bernard D. Goldstein, M.D., Howard J. Osofsky, M.D., Ph.D., and Maureen Y. Lichtveld, M.D., M.P.H.
N Engl J Med 2011; 364:1334-1348
April 7, 2011
One year after the Gulf oil spill (also known as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the BP oil spill, or the Gulf of Mexico oil spill), the full magnitude of the environmental, economic, and human health effects of this major disaster remain unknown. Despite a growing literature describing the impact of oil spills on health, it is difficult to respond to the many questions asked by clinicians and the public about this spill or the risk of future spills. The uncertainty is exemplified by the study of 55,000 Gulf oil spill workers by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), which is open-ended rather than focused on a specific number of end points. The uncertainty also has consequences for the economic and psychosocial well-being of Gulf Coast residents.
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