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This study aims to identify factors associated with increased mortality from respiratory diseases and cancer due to asbestos exposure. It focuses on a specific cohort of men employed in the asbestos industry.

December 1, 1979Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Asbestos Exposure: Factors Associated With Excess Cancer and Respiratory Disease Mortality

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This study aims to identify factors associated with increased mortality from respiratory diseases and cancer due to asbestos exposure. It focuses on a specific cohort of men employed in the asbestos industry.
Cohort of 1075 men from an asbestos company in the U.S. with recorded deaths until 1973.
Evaluated mortality from respiratory cancer and pneumoconiosis-pulmonary fibrosis in relation to cumulative dust exposure.
Examined specific roles, including those in asbestos cement pipe production and general maintenance.
Production of asbestos cement pipe workers had a higher risk of respiratory cancer.
Men with exposure to crocidolite asbestos showed increased cancer risk, although overlapping roles complicate the findings.
Five mesothelioma deaths were reported among men aged 65 and over, with three occurring between 1970-73.

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Cohort study finds high cancer mortality in workers exposed to asbestos, suggesting significant health risks.

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Henderson et al. (1979) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a20448af5f0ec18c545f50d https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1979.tb18712.x

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Asbestos Exposure: Factors Associated With Excess Cancer and Respiratory Disease Mortality

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