Asbestos disease in family contacts of shipyard workers. | Zendy

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Asbestos disease in family contacts of shipyard workers.

Author(s) -

Kaye H. Kilburn,

Ruth Lilis,

Henry A. Anderson,

C. Thomas Boylen,

Hans E. Einstein,

Sheena Johnson,

Raphael Warshaw

Publication year - 1985

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.75.6.615

Subject(s) - asbestos , asbestosis , shipyard , medicine , mesothelioma , environmental health , lung cancer , occupational disease , lung disease , disease , occupational exposure , pneumoconiosis , demography , shipbuilding , lung , pathology , geography , archaeology , materials science , sociology , metallurgy

Radiologic signs of pulmonary asbestos disease were found in 11.3 per cent of 274 wives of shipyard workers who were 20 or more years from initial hiring-on in shipyards in Los Angeles County. Asbestosis was also found in 7.6 per cent of 79 sons and 2.1 per cent of 140 daughters of these workers. The wives, sons, and daughters were without occupational exposure. Comparable radiographic signs were not found in comparison groups. It is probable that asbestos exposure in the household places these family members at risk for mesothelioma and lung cancer.

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