Document ID (ISN) | 47805 |
CIS number |
87-531 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0007-1072 - British Journal of Industrial Medicine |
Year |
1987 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Hughes J.M., Weill H., Hammad Y.Y. |
Title |
Mortality of workers employed in two asbestos cement manufacturing plants |
Bibliographic information |
Mar. 1987, Vol.44, No.3, p.161-174. Illus. 39 ref. |
Abstract |
Over 95% of 6931 employees of 2 asbestos cement products manufacturing plants were traced. Chrysotile was the primary fibre used in both plants; plant 2 used crocidolite in pipe production. Mortality was similar for these plants and comparable with local rates for all causes combined, non-malignant causes, and primary cancers of specified sites other than lung. Short term workers from both plants showed raised and similar risk of lung cancer, but risk among longer term workers differed. Among all workers, 10 mesotheliomas occurred up to 1984, two from plant 1, 8 from plant 2. In plant 2 a case-control analysis found a relation between risk of mesothelioma and duration of employment and proportion of time spent in the pipe area, thus adding to the evidence of a greater risk of mesothelioma from crocidolite than chrysotile asbestos. The mortality findings of 8 cohorts are reviewed. |
Descriptors (primary) |
chrysotile; asbestos cement industry; mortality; crocidolite |
Descriptors (secondary) |
mesothelioma; asbestos; statistical evaluation; exposure evaluation; lung cancer |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Subject(s) |
Chemicals, plastics and rubber
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Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
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Browse category(ies) |
Asbestos Cement and concrete
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