title: Asbestos-related disease from household exposure.
abstract: The importance of nonoccupational asbestos exposure has been emphasized recently. To illustrate this problem, we report 4 persons with asbestos-related disease from household exposure. There were 2 wives of asbestos workers, who cleaned their husbands' work clothes. One developed a mesothelioma and the other plaques, calcification, benign asbestos pleural effusion and subpleural parenchymal fibrosis. 2 men were exposed as children while playing in a cellar room which was also used for their father's muffler repair business. At ages 27 and 33, they had pleural and diaphragmatic calcifications.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001194:Asbestos / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001195:Asbestosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D001194:Asbestos