| Document ID (ISN) | 20858 |
| CIS number |
74-679 |
| Year |
1973 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Fletcher D.E. |
| Title |
A mortality study of shipyard workers with pleural plaques |
| Original title |
Etude de mortalité parmi les travailleurs des chantiers navals porteurs de plaques pleurales. [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Translation INRS 74 B-73, Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, 30 rue Olivier-Noyer, 75680 Paris Cedex 14, France, 1973. 14p. 15 ref. |
| Abstract |
French translation of: A mortaliy study of shipyard workers with pleural plaques. British Journal of Industrial Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Apr.1972, Vol.29, No.2, p.142-145. 15 ref. Mild asbestos effects are seen frequently in shipyard workers. It is known that this type of asbestos exposure may be associated with mesothelioma but it is not generally thought that an increased bronchial carcinoma risk exists unless there is pulmonary fibrosis. A number of cases of both types of malignant disease were seen in the hospitals of a shipyard town, associated with pleural plaques. A retrospective survey was therefore carried out and all routine chest X-ray films in the shipyard medical files taken between 1960 and 1970 were reviewed together with films from a mass radiography session; 408 men were found to have evidence of pleural plaques. 65 men died during the follow-up from diagnosis to 1970. In a 404-man control group, there were 56 deaths in the same time. Results of comparison with expected general-population mortality: in the plaque series, there were 16 deaths from bronchial carcinoma (expected figure: 6.74) and 3 from mesotheliomas. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
asbestos; mortality; shipbuilding industry; dust; pleural calcification |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
bronchial cancer; pleural mesothelioma; chest radiography; translation; survey |
| Document type |
- |
| Subject(s) |
Dust, aerosols and related diseases
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Shipbuliding and ship repair
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Asbestos
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