Open AccessA methodology for identifying workers exposed to asbestos since 1940.
Author(s) -
Martha Stanbury,
Kenneth D. Rosenman
Publication year - 1987
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.77.7.854
Subject(s) - asbestos , shipyard , environmental health , occupational exposure , asbestosis , medicine , forensic engineering , shipbuilding , engineering , geography , archaeology , metallurgy , materials science
This paper describes a method to identify individual workplaces and to determine the number of employees at those workplaces who have had substantial exposure to asbestos. A total of 486,400 individuals are estimated to have had substantial exposure to asbestos in New Jersey since the start of World War II, including 102,700 individuals from 16 manufacturing plants, 376,200 from eight shipyards, and 7,500 insulators.