Open AccessAcute health effects of a crude oil spill in a rural community in Bayelsa State, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Best Ordinioha,
Wisdom Ebiye Sawyer
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v19i2.56500
Subject(s) - crude oil , rural community , state (computer science) , environmental health , socioeconomics , business , environmental science , petroleum engineering , medicine , economics , engineering , mathematics , algorithm
In May 2000, there was a breach in the crude oil pipeline belonging to a major oil company in Etiama Nembe, in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. This study is to investigate if the residents in the affected community suffered an increase in self reported symptoms that might be attributable to exposure to the spilled crude oil.