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SUBMITTER: Gam KB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5995629 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 20180601 6
<h4>Objective</h4>The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between total hydrocarbon (THC) exposures attributed to oil spill clean-up work and lung function 1 to 3 years after the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) disaster.<h4>Methods</h4>We used data from the GuLF STUDY, a large cohort of adults who worked on response to the DWH disaster and others who were safety trained but did not work. We analyzed data from 6288 workers with two acceptable spirometry tests. We estimated THC exposure level ...[more]