Association of oil spill cleanup-related hydrocarbon exposure with incident hypertension up to 11 years after exposure in the Gulf Long-term Follow-up Study
Oil spill cleanup work-related BTEX-H exposures were associated with the risk of incident hypertension, extending prior findings of cross-sectional associations. Since BTEX-H exposures are common in occupational and population settings, these findings may have broader public health implications.
Authors
- Eric A. Whitsel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4843-3641)
- Mark Stenzel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7840-234X)
- Kate Christenbury (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1119-0236)
- Jessie K. Edwards (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1741-335X)
- Lawrence S. Engel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9268-4830)
- K. Letting Lawrence
- Opal P. Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7831-2758)
- Patricia A. Stewart
- Anna M. Kucharska-Newton
- Dale P. Sandler
- W. Braxton Jackson II
Institutions
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- University of North Carolina Health Care (US)
- Exponent (United States) (US)
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (US)
- System Science Applications (United States) (US)
- Social and Scientific Systems (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Environmental Health
- Published
- 2025-12-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-025-01253-9
- Primary Topic
- Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00