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Adapting a syndromic biosurveillance system to monitor veterans’ health impact associated with the gulf coast oil spill
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On 20 April 2010, an explosion on an offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico led to a prolonged uncontrolled release of crude oil. Both clean-up workers and coastal residents were potentially at high risk for respiratory and other… read more… (ESSENCE). ESSENCE captures specific patient care visit ICD-nine codes belonging to selected conditions that … identified. The ICD-nine codes resulting from patient visits to 34 VA coastal emergency departments and outpatient … detected by ESSENCE at 34 VA gulf coast facilities, 26 June–28 August, 2010 State Syndrome Dates Sustained? …