How the industrial physician can reduce mortality from asbestos-related diseases.
Risk indicators for asbestos-related diseases (cancers of the lung, larynx, and alimentary tract; mesothelioma; and asbestosis) and methods of early detection are reviewed and evaluated. The best medical means of reducing mortality from these diseases is to recognize particularly susceptible persons during a preemployment examination and to recommend that they not be hired for jobs involving asbestos exposure. Workers necessarily exposed to asbestos should be enrolled in a medical screening program and urged not to smoke.
D001195:Asbestosis / Q000150:complications*; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D009787:Occupational Medicine; D012907:Smoking