Open AccessMalignant mesothelioma in Pilbara Aborigines
Author(s) -
Musk A. William,
Klerk Nicholas H.,
Eccles Jan L.,
Hansen Janice,
Shilkin Keith B.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
australian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.946
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1753-6405
pISSN - 1035-7319
DOI - 10.1111/j.1753-6405.1995.tb00421.x
Subject(s) - mesothelioma , medicine , geography , pathology
Malignant mesothelioma occurred in a female Aborigine after environmental exposure to asbestos. All known cases of the disease in Aborigines in Western Australia were reviewed; all occurred in Pilbara residents. Most were exposed while involved in the transport of asbestos from the Wittenoom crocidolite operation. Based on recent estimates of the size of the Aboriginal population in the Pilbara region, their incidence of this disease (250 per million for ages 15 and over) is one of the highest population‐based rates recorded.