Sudden Deaths Among Oil and Gas Extraction Workers Resulting from Oxygen Deficiency and Inhalation of Hydrocarbon Gases and Vapors — United States, January 2010–March 2015

Bob Harrison, MD is the first author of this report on sudden deaths related to exposures after opening the hatches of hydrocarbon storage tank. MMWR Click Here

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