Acute health problems among the people engaged in the cleanup of the Nakhodka oil spill
Acute health problems among the people engaged in the cleanup of the Nakhodka oil spill
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DOI：
10.1006/enrs.1999.3979
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发表时间：
1999-10-01
影响因子：
8.3
通讯作者：
Kawahara, K
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作者：
Morita, A;Kusaka, Y;Kawahara, K
为了确定纳霍德卡石油泄漏和随后的清理工作是否对受石油污染的海岸沿着居民的健康产生任何影响，我们调查了居住在离船头搁浅海岸最近的安特居民的健康状况，二百八十-参与1月7日至1月20日清理活动的两名男女接受了公共卫生护士的采访和检查，以确定他们是否在接触到漏油后出现了身体症状。对97名居民进行了尿烃毒理学指标检查，平均从事清洁活动天数男性为4.7天，女性为4.3天，17%的人从事清洁活动超过10天。在清理工作中，使用了保护设备以防止直接接触石油，包括几乎100%的受试者使用的手套和87.1%的妇女使用的口罩，只有35.4%的男子使用。不到30%的受试者戴眼镜。许多症状在清理活动开始后出现。主要症状为腰腿疼痛、头痛、眼、喉症状。在接受尿检的受试者中，只有3人显示马尿酸水平较高，尽管他们在第二次检查中恢复正常。因此，暴露于石油和随后的清理工作被认为对当地居民造成严重的健康问题。(C)北京：科学出版社.
To determine if the Nakhodka oil spill and subsequent cleanup efforts had any health effects on the residents along the oil-contaminated coast, we investigated the health status of Ante residents who resided nearest to the coast where the bow ran aground, Two hundred eighty-two men and women involved in the cleanup activities between January 7 and January 20 were interviewed and examined by public health nurses to determine whether they suffered physical symptoms after exposure to the oil spill. Urine examinations for hydrocarbon toxicological markers were performed on 97 residents, The average number of days worked on cleanup activities was 4.7 days for men and 4.3 for women, Seventeen percent of the subjects had worked on cleanup activities for more than 10 days. Protective equipment was used against direct exposure to oil during the cleanup jobs and consisted of gloves used by almost 100% of the subjects and masks used by 87.1% of women and by only 35.4% of men. Glasses were worn by less than 30% of the subjects. Many symptoms emerged after the beginning of cleanup activities. The principal symptoms included low back pain and leg pain, headache, and symptoms of eyes and throat. Among the subjects undergoing urine tests, only three people showed a higher level of hippuric acid, although they returned to normal in the second examination. Accordingly, the exposure to the oil and the subsequent cleanup efforts were suggested to inflict acute health problems on local residents. (C) 1999 Academic Press.