title: [Asbestos-related mesotheliomas in housewives from indoor air pollution].
abstract: We report five cases of pleural mesothelioma in housewives, that are attributed to inhalative household-contact with asbestos. An occupational history of asbestos exposure could not be revealed. A causal relationship between the fatal disease and the inhalative house-hold-contact with asbestos was established based on the cleaning of asbestos contaminated work-clothes of the husbands.
authors.affiliation: Institut und der Poliklinik für Arbeits- und Sozialmedizin, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Woitowitz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor; D001194:Asbestos / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003020:Clothing; D005260:Female; D006796:Household Work; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014930:Women
chemical_list: D001194:Asbestos