"Petroleum Pollution" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Release of oil into the environment usually due to human activity.
| Descriptor ID |
D059392
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.460.660
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| Concept/Terms |
Petroleum Pollution- Petroleum Pollution
- Petroleum Pollutions
- Pollution, Petroleum
- Pollutions, Petroleum
- Oil Spills
- Oil Spill
- Spill, Oil
- Spills, Oil
- Oil Pollution
- Oil Pollutions
- Pollution, Oil
- Pollutions, Oil
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Petroleum Pollution" by people in Profiles.
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Oil dispersant Corexit 9500 is weakly estrogenic, but does not skew the sex ratio in Alligator mississippiensis. J Appl Toxicol. 2020 02; 40(2):245-256.
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Impact of dispersant on early life stages of the water flea Daphnia magna and the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica. J Appl Toxicol. 2017 Dec; 37(12):1464-1470.
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Immunotoxic effects of in vitro exposure of dolphin lymphocytes to Louisiana sweet crude oil and Corexit?. J Appl Toxicol. 2017 06; 37(6):676-682.
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The commonly used nonionic surfactant Span 80 has RXRa transactivation activity, which likely increases the obesogenic potential of oil dispersants and food emulsifiers. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 2016 11 01; 238:61-68.