Distant health effects of using asbestos in shipyards and in co-operating plants.
A survey was conducted during a 15-years period (1981-1994) among a group of workers employed in shipyards and in cooperating plants, who were exposed to asbestos. In a group of 681 people surveyed a growing incidence of asbestosis of the lung was revealed: from 3.9% in 1981 to 17.9% in 1994. Since 1990, 19 persons have been found to have malignant neoplasms, in that number in 9 cases the location of neoplasm was evidently associated with the effects of the asbestos dust (3 mesotheliomas of the pleura and 6 bronchial cancers of the lungs). The smoking habit was probably a contributing factor in the occurrence of these diseases.
Renke
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Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine, Gdynia.
Rosik
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D000328:Adult; D001194:Asbestos / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001195:Asbestosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012767:Ships; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000453:epidemiology
D001194:Asbestos