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Community Health Effects of a Petroleum Refinery
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Community Health Effects of a Petroleum Refinery

Abstract

ABSTRACT A three‐stage study was conducted to investigate the community health impacts of the Petro Canada petroleum refinery in Oakville, Ontario. A feasibility study was the basis for a stage 2 health survey in 1992 designed to examine the association between self‐reported somatic and/or psychosocial symptoms and exposure to odorous refinery emissions in families living near the refinery. In stage 3, a qualitative investigation of residents’ …

Authors

Taylor SM; Sider D; Hampson C; Taylor SJ; Wilson K; Walter SD; Eyles JD

Journal

Ecosystem Health, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 27–43

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

March 1997

DOI

10.1111/j.1526-0992.1997.00704.pp.x

ISSN

1076-2825