Self-reported myocardial infarction and fatal coronary heart disease among oil spill workers and community members 5 years after Deepwater Horizon.

CONCLUSIONS: Residential proximity to the spill and duration of clean-up work were associated with a suggested 29-43% higher hazard of heart disease events. Associations were robust to censoring. PMID: 30278364 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30278364?dopt=Abstract

Source: Environmental Research - September 22, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Strelitz J, Keil AP, Richardson DB, Heiss G, Gammon MD, Kwok RK, Sandler DP, Engel LS Tags: Environ Res Source Type: research