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Assessing the effects of the Gulf of Mexico Oil spill on human health : a summary of the June 2010 workshop / Margaret A. McCoy and Judith A. Salerno, rapporteurs.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Author/Creator:
- Institute of Medicine (U.S.).
- Conference Name:
- Assessing the Human Health Effects of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010 : New Orleans, La.)
- Series:
- Institute of Medicine
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oil spills--Health aspects--Mexico, Gulf of.
- Oil spills.
- Oil spills--Health aspects--Gulf Coast (U.S.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A workshop was held June 22-23, 2010, in New Orleans, Louisiana, with the name: Assessing the Human Health Effects of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. This document summarizes the background, presentations, discussions, and public comments that occurred during the workshop.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. At.risk populations and routes of exposure
- 3. Short- and long-term effects on human health
- 4. Communicating with the public
- 5. Overview of health-monitoring activities : state and federal perspectives
- 6. Data-collection, surveillance, and research methodologies
- 7. Developing effective surveillance and monitoring systems : future directions and resource needs.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786612787577
- 9780309161145
- 0309161142
- 9781282787575
- 1282787578
- 9780309157827
- 030915782X
- OCLC:
- 923281613
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