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Article: Releases of Hazardous Substances in schools: data from the Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance system, 1993-1998. (Features).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Journal of Environmental Health
- Article date:
- September 1, 2002
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Introduction
Hazardous substances emergency events occurring at schools in the United States have been reported mainly in general investigations of hazardous materials incidents (Burgess, Harter, Kovalchick, Kyes, & Thompson, 2000; Kales, Castro, & Christiani, 1996; Kales, Castro, Christiani, Goldman, & Polyhronopoulos, 1997a). The information about schools and universities contained in those reports has, however, been limited to a few areas of the country and does not include details on the effects of the events (e.g., number of victims, nature of injuries, number of evacuations, and clean-up costs).
The purpose of this report is to analyze ...