Research priorities for assessing health effects from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill : a letter report /

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At the request of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a committee appointed by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) is tasked with providing advice to HHS on research priorities for assessing health effects of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The committee's recommendations are incl...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee to Review the Federal Response to the Health Effects Associated with the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, ©2010.
Colección:Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press.
Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Temas:
2010
BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010 > Health aspects.
BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010 > Research.
Oil spills > Health aspects > Mexico, Gulf of.
Oil spills > Research > Mexico, Gulf of.
Environmental monitoring.
Seas.
Water Pollution, Chemical > adverse effects
Petroleum > adverse effects
Occupational Exposure > adverse effects
Environmental Exposure > adverse effects
Environmental Monitoring
Oceans and Seas
Explosion de la plateforme Deepwater Horizon et marée noire dans le golfe du Mexique, 2010 > Recherche.
Déversements de pétrole > Recherche > Mexique, Golfe du.
Environnement > Surveillance.
Mers.
seas.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Industrial Health & Safety.
Seas
Environmental monitoring
Oil spills > Health aspects
Oil spills > Research
Research
Gulf of Mexico
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Sumario:At the request of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a committee appointed by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) is tasked with providing advice to HHS on research priorities for assessing health effects of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The committee's recommendations are included in this report. The committee believes that it is important to study health effects from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill for three reasons: 1. To learn about the impact of oil spills on human health,2. To improve mitigation efforts, and3. To prevent adverse health effects from occurring in individuals affected by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and in future disasters. During its information-gathering process, the committee learned about many potential areas of research aimed at improving its understanding of the physical and behavioral health effects of oil spills. All of those areas are important. The committee evaluated the information and narrowed the list of possible research opportunities to those that it believes should be considered priorities. The committee's research priorities encompass five main areas: behavioral health, exposure assessment, seafood safety, communication, and developing a research response framework for disasters. The research priorities, summarized in Box 1, are not presented in any specific order. They address current gaps in knowledge and the order of priority will depend on further scientific review and community input.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780309163125
0309163129
9780309163132
0309163137
128291720X
9781282917200
9786612917202
6612917202
0309177030
9780309177030

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