Assessing the effects of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill on human health
Subtitle: a summary of the June 2010 workshop
By: Margaret A. McCoy and Judith A. Salerno, rapporteurs ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Contributors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.); United States. Office of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority; Assessing the Human Health Effects of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010 : New Orleans, La.)
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780309157810
Subjects: Occupational Exposure; Methods; Oil pollution of the sea; Chemical Water Pollution; Petroleum; BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010; Environmental Monitoring; Congresses; Oceans and Seas; Adverse effects; Environmental Exposure; Oil spills
Description: 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.
Notes: "This study was supported by Contract No. HHSO100201000001E between the National Academy of Sciences and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-148).

Also available online in Open Book format.
Table of contents: title: Overview; title: Introduction; title: At-risk populations and routes of exposure; title: Short- and long-term effects on human health; title: Communicating with the public; title: Overview of health monitoring activities : state and federal perspectives; title: Data-collection, surveillance, and research methodologies; title: Developing effective surveillance and monitoring systems : future directions and resource needs; title: Appendix A: References; title: Appendix B: Bibliography of related National Academies Press reports; title: Appendix C: Workshop agenda; title: Appendix D: Public questions and comments; title: Appendix E: Speaker biographies.