title: Malignant mesothelioma in Pilbara Aborigines.
abstract: Malignant mesothelioma occurred in a female Aborigine after environmental exposure to asbestos. All known cases of the disease in Aborigines in Western Australia were reviewed; all occurred in Pilbara residents. Most were exposed while involved in the transport of asbestos from the Wittenoom crocidolite operation. Based on recent estimates of the size of the Aboriginal population in the Pilbara region, their incidence of this disease (250 per million for ages 15 and over) is one of the highest population-based rates recorded.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth.
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Musk
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: de Klerk
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Eccles
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Shilkin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017638:Asbestos, Crocidolite / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008906:Mining; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects; D014904:Western Australia / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D017638:Asbestos, Crocidolite