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Cancer incidence among workers in the asbestos-cement producing industry in Norway

Author(s) -

Bente Ulvestad,

Kristina Kjærheim,

Jan Ivar Martinsen,

Grete Damberg,

Axel Wannag,

Gunnar Mowé,

Aage Andersen

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

scandinavian journal of work environment and health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621

H-Index - 103

eISSN - 1795-990X

pISSN - 0355-3140

DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.693

Subject(s) - mesothelioma , asbestos , asbestos cement , medicine , lung cancer , incidence (geometry) , poisson regression , cancer registry , cancer , chrysotile , standardized mortality ratio , confidence interval , surgery , population , pathology , environmental health , materials science , physics , optics , metallurgy

The incidence of cancer among employees of a Norwegian asbestos-cement factory was studied in relation to duration of exposure and time since first exposure. The factory was active in 1942-1968. Most of the asbestos in use was chrysotile, but for technical reasons 8% amphiboles was added.

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