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dc.contributor.authorTjalvin, Groen_US
dc.contributor.authorLygre, Stein Håkon Låstaden_US
dc.contributor.authorHollund, Bjørg Elien_US
dc.contributor.authorMoen, Bente Elisabethen_US
dc.contributor.authorBråtveit, Magneen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-13T08:27:00Z
dc.date.available2018-02-13T08:27:00Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn0962-7480
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/17384
dc.description.abstractBackground: Physical and psychological symptoms are prevalent in populations recently affected by industrial accidents. Follow-up studies of human health effects are scarce, and as most of them focus on residents, little is known about the long-term health effects among workers exposed to malodorous emissions following a chemical explosion. Aims: To assess whether subjective health complaints (SHC) among workers declined over a 4-year period after an oil tank explosion that emitted malodorous sulphurous compounds. Methods: A longitudinal survey from 2008 (18 months after the explosion) to 2012, performed using the SHC inventory. Questionnaire data were analysed using a linear mixed effects model. Results: There was a decrease in SHCs among the exposed workers, but they still had significantly more subjective neurological symptoms (P < 0.01) compared with controls, adjusted for gender, age, smoking habits, educational level and proximity to the explosion. Conclusions: Although there was a downward trend in SHCs among exposed workers in the follow-up period, they reported more subjective neurological complaints than controls. Symptoms may be mediated by perceived pollution and health risk perception, and adaptation or anxiety may cause a chronic effect, manifested by a dysfunctional and persistent neuropsychological response.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherOxford University Presseng
dc.relation.ispartof<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/1956/17385" target="_blank">Health in the aftermath of a malodorous chemical explosion: Subjective health complaints and post-traumatic stress symptoms among workers</a>
dc.subjectEnvironmental pollutioneng
dc.subjectepidemiological follow-upeng
dc.subjectmalodorous pollutioneng
dc.subjectoil tank explosioneng
dc.subjectsubjective health complaintseng
dc.subjectworkerseng
dc.titleHealth complaints after a malodorous chemical explosion: a longitudinal studyen_US
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.description.versionacceptedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2015 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Occupational Medicine. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqu203
dc.identifier.cristin1248775
dc.source.journalOccupational Medicine
dc.source.4065
dc.source.143
dc.source.pagenumber202-209


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