| Document ID (ISN) | 65172 |
| CIS number |
95-1738 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
1994 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Welch L.S., Michaels D., Zoloth S.R. |
| Title |
The national sheet metal worker asbestos disease screening program: Radiologic findings |
| Bibliographic information |
May 1994, Vol.25, No.5, p.635-648. Illus. 35 ref. |
| Abstract |
This report presents data from a series of asbestos disease screening examinations of 9605 United States sheet metal workers with at least 20 years experience in the trade. The overall prevalence of asbestos-related radiographic changes was 31.1%. Of these, 18.8% had pleural abnormalities alone, 6.6% had parenchymal abnormalities alone, and 5.7% had both. Prevalence of abnormalities increased with years of exposure and years since first exposure. Cigarette smoking was found to increase the risk of abnormalities as was a history of shipyard employment. Efforts were made to inform the sheet metal workers of the sources and effects of asbestos exposure. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
USA; asbestos; radiological changes; sheet-metal working; pleural diseases |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
shipyards; smoking |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Metalworking industry
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Asbestos
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