Acute health effects of the Tasman Spirit oil spill on residents of Karachi, Pakistan

• Main Authors: Najam- (Author), Khuwaja Urooj (Author), Farooqui Sadia (Author), Nawaz Haq (Author), Kasi Pashtoon (Author), Janjua Naveed (Author), Jafri Syed (Author), Lutfi Shahid (Author), Kadir Muhammad (Author), Sathiakumar Nalini (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>On July 27 2003, a ship carrying crude oil run aground near Karachi and after two weeks released 37,000 tons of its cargo into the sea. Oil on the coastal areas and fumes in air raised health concerns among people. We assessed the im...