title: Validation of the UICC/Cincinnati classification of radiographs in terms of prediction of mortality of asbestos workers.
abstract: The mortality of 4559 Quebec chrysotile workers has been related to the findings from their last routine chest X-ray while still employed. In those 84 lung cancer cases who were X-rayed less than 10 years before their death, over two-thirds had 'less-than-normal' films; the abnormality was not specific, except for 'large opacities'. The three men who died from mesothelioma within about a year of X-ray were 'less-than-normal'. The findings of the completed project validated convincingly the 1967 UICC/Cincinnati classification.
mesh_terms: D001194:Asbestos; D001195:Asbestosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality; D011379:Prognosis; D011792:Quebec; D011859:Radiography; D013679:Technology, Radiologic
chemical_list: D001194:Asbestos