dc.contributor.author | Tjalvin, Gro | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Lygre, Stein Håkon Låstad | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Hollund, Bjørg Eli | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Moen, Bente Elisabeth | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Bråtveit, Magne | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-13T08:27:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-02-13T08:27:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0962-7480 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1956/17384 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: 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.iso | eng | eng |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | eng |
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.subject | Environmental pollution | eng |
dc.subject | epidemiological follow-up | eng |
dc.subject | malodorous pollution | eng |
dc.subject | oil tank explosion | eng |
dc.subject | subjective health complaints | eng |
dc.subject | workers | eng |
dc.title | Health complaints after a malodorous chemical explosion: a longitudinal study | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.description.version | acceptedVersion | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright 2015 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Occupational Medicine. All rights reserved. | |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqu203 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1248775 | |
dc.source.journal | Occupational Medicine | |
dc.source.40 | 65 | |
dc.source.14 | 3 | |
dc.source.pagenumber | 202-209 | |