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THE MANY FACES OF ASBESTOS DISEASE
Author(s) -
Longley E. O.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1969.tb107599.x
Subject(s) - asbestosis , asbestos , mesothelioma , medicine , lung cancer , disease , occupational disease , lung , environmental health , intensive care medicine , pathology , materials science , metallurgy
Asbestosis is seen as one of the most signficant medical problems deriving from industry in the present age. As not only asbestosis but also carcinoma of the lung and mesothelioma of the lung are accepted by the New South Wales Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Board as compensable injuries provided that adequate industrial exposure to asbestos can be proven, it is important that all physicians should be acquainted with the three conditions and should, when they see conditions resembling carcinoma or mesothelioma of the lung, be alerted to make the fullest possible inquiries into the patient's industrial background and place of residence. The presence of asbestos bodies in the sputum or in the lung tissue indicates only that the patient has been industrially or environmentally exposed to asbestos, and not that the patient has pulmonary asbestosis.