Review of the proposal for the Gulf long-term follow-up study : highlights from the September 2010 workshop : workshop report / Lynn Goldman, Abigail Mitchell, and Margie Patlak, editors ; Committee to Review the Federal Response to the Health Effects Associated with the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee to Review the Federal Response to the Health Effects Associated with the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill.

Contributor:

Goldman, Lynn.

Mitchell, Abigail.

Patlak, Margie.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010--Environmental aspects.

BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010.

Oil spills--Environmental aspects--Mexico, Gulf of.

Oil spills.

America, Gulf of--Environmental conditions.

America, Gulf of.

Physical Description:

ix, 20 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is unprecedented not only in its size but also in the use of chemical dispersants and controlled burns to remove the oil. The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is designing a study to investigate the health effects on clean-up workers. The IOM held a workshop to review and comment on NIEHS'o;s study protocol.

Contents:

Frontmatter

REVIEWERS

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

GULF STUDY DESIGN

APPENDIX.

Notes:

"This document highlights the presentations and discussions that occurred during the workshop, which was held on September 22, 2010, in Tampa, Florida."-P. 1.

ISBN:

9786612885808

9781282885806

1282885804

9780309162456

0309162459

OCLC:

923282192