Skin conditions associated with dermal exposure to oil spill chemicals among Deepwater Horizon disaster response and cleanup workers
Duration of work, working in non-support jobs, and dermal exposure to oil/tar, dispersants, decontamination chemicals, and PAHs were associated with acute and longer-term skin effects among the DWH OSRC workers.
Authors
- Dazhe Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9951-5458)
- Kaitlyn G. Lawrence (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8360-9326)
- Mark Stenzel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7840-234X)
- Kate Christenbury (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1119-0236)
- John W. Cherrie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8901-6890)
- Lawrence S. Engel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9268-4830)
- Dale P. Sandler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6776-0018)
- William B. Jackson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6672-0172)
- Melanie Gorman Ng
- Patricia A. Stewart
Institutions
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Heriot-Watt University (GB)
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
- Published
- 2025-03-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2025.118076
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Chemical Safety and Risk Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 11.58