title: Mortality among employees of an Ontario factory manufacturing insulation materials from amosite asbestos.
abstract: The mortality of workers from an Ontario factory manufacturing amosite asbestos insulation materials under poorly controlled environmental conditions is reported here. Seven (58%) of 12 deaths among exposed workers 10 or more years after first exposure were due to malignancies; four (25%) were from lung cancer, and there were two deaths from peritoneal mesothelioma. Those dying from mesothelioma were 47 and 49 years of age. Three (25%) of 12 deaths were from respiratory disease, two were attributed to asbestosis (in men 42 and 53 years of ages), and one to pneumonia in a 54-year-old male.
authors.affiliation: Health Studies Service, Ontario Ministry of Labour, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Finkelstein
mesh_terms: D001195:Asbestosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009787:Occupational Medicine; D009864:Ontario; D011786:Quality Control