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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

The Intercontinental Terminals Chemical Fire Study: A Rapid Response to an Industrial Disaster to Address Resident Concerns in Deer Park, Texas.

Heyreoun An Han, Inkyu Han, Sheryl McCurdy, Kristina Whitworth, George Delclos, Amal Rammah, Elaine Symanski

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Heyreoun An HanSouthwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, 1200 Pressler, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2043-2655
Inkyu HanSouthwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, 1200 Pressler, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Sheryl McCurdyCenter for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Promotion, UTHealth School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77030 USA.
Kristina WhitworthSouthwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, 1200 Pressler, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2334-6066
George DelclosSouthwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, 1200 Pressler, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0201-8135
Amal RammahSouthwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, 1200 Pressler, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0659-7680
Elaine SymanskiCenter for Precision Environmental Health, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas · USBaylor College of Medicine · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · US

Funding

Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental HealthT42OH008421 · OH · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI FELKNOR, SARAH A. · 2005 to 2024
$24.1M
Translational Research Support CoreP30ES030285 · NIEHS · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Cheryl L. Walker · 2019 to 2026
$14.7M
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES030285NIOSH CDC HHS T42 OH008421
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

On Sunday, 17 March 2019, a fire erupted at the Intercontinental Terminals Company (ITC, Deer Park, La Porte, TX, USA), resulting in a large fire that blazed for several days. In response, we rapidly launched disaster response activities to monitor air pollutants (total volatile organic compounds (TVOCs), fine particulate matter (PM

Indexed as

DisastersFiresIndustryAir PollutionAnimalsBenzeneEnvironmental MonitoringHealth SurveysHumansParticulate MatterPilot ProjectsSootTexasVolatile Organic CompoundsBenzeneParticulate MatterSootVolatile Organic Compoundsair pollutionbenzeneblack carbon (BC)disaster responsehealth surveysITC fireparticulate matter (PM)volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

Identifiers

PMID32033278
PMCPMC7037667
OpenAlexW3005334895

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