title: Rheumatic complaints and pulmonary response to chrysotile dust inhalation in the mines and mills of Quebec.
abstract: In 1967-68 an age-stratified random sample of 1069 current workers in Quebec asbestos mines and mills was surveyed. Questions concerning rheumatic complaints were included in a modified MRC questionnaire used at that time, and on this basis a rheumatic severity gradient was devised. No relationship could be detected between rheumatic complaints and pulmonary radiologic response to chrysotile dust exposure, despite implications in the literature that such a relationship might exist.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001194:Asbestos / Q000506:poisoning*; D001195:Asbestosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004391:Dust; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008906:Mining; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D011792:Quebec; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D004391:Dust; D001194:Asbestos