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Epidemiology of asbestos-related diseases.

Author(s) -

Richard A. Lemen,

John M. Dement,

J.K. Wagoner

Publication year - 1980

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.80341

Subject(s) - asbestos , epidemiology , environmental health , occupational exposure , medicine , disease , asbestosis , occupational disease , pathology , materials science , metallurgy

This paper is intended to give the reader an overview of the epidemiology of asbestos-related diseases and is restricted to primarily occupational exposure studies. However, some mention of nonoccupational exposures are made because of their direct relationship to a worker or to a secondary occupational source. Over 100 epidemiological studies are reviewed, dating back to the first case of asbestos-associated disease reported by Montague Murray in 1906. The studies are divided by specific fiber type and by specific disease outcomes and the interaction of asbestos and cigarette smoking is discussed in great detail.

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