Asbestos-related pleural disease in Western Australian gold-miners.
Three retired gold-mine workers from Western Australia (WA) were diagnose with asbestos-related pleural disease (two with pleural plaques and one with mesothelioma). Asbestos fibres have been found in air samples from WA gold-mines, and all three patients had worked in these mines (for five to 17 years) and had no other significant known asbestos exposure. To our knowledge, this is the first report of asbestos-related disease in gold-mine workers.
Lee
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Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA.
De Klerk
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Musk
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D000368:Aged; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects; D001194:Asbestos / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006046:Gold; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008906:Mining; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014904:Western Australia
D001194:Asbestos; D006046:Gold