title: [Unrecognized occupational risk of pleural mesothelioma. The example of the Rhône-Alps region].
abstract: A retrospective study of pleural mesothelioma diagnosed between 1980 and 1988 in the Rhône-Alpes région allowed to identify 224 cases. From the 187 patients in which occupational history was available 105 (56%) had been exposed to asbestos at work and 44 had been recognised as occupation disease and compensated. These data illustrate that the real incidence of the disease is largely underestimated and that legal procedure for occupational disease recognition is highly deficient.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pneumologie, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Pierre-Bénite.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Harf
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Laval
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Davezies
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Prost
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001194:Asbestos / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D009787:Occupational Medicine; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014942:Workers' Compensation
chemical_list: D001194:Asbestos
vernacular_title: Méconnaissance du risque professionnel de mésothéliome pleural. Exemple de la région Rhône-Alpes.