The diagnosis and attribution of asbestos-related diseases in an Australian context: report of the Adelaide Workshop on Asbestos-Related Diseases. October 6-7, 2000.
Predictions of future cases of mesothelioma in Australia to the year 2020 are in the order of a total of 10,000 new cases. Compensation claims are testing the attribution in a particular case between occupational asbestos exposure and lung cancer. The cost of the problem necessitates clarifying and standardizing the criteria for a confident diagnosis of asbestos-related disease. The possibility of differences in criteria that determine attribution of asbestos to a disease prompted a consensus meeting of pathologists, epidemiologists, physicians, oncologists, radiologists, and others to define current thinking and to agree on an Australian document based on the scientific evidence for establishing diagnoses and attribution data of asbestos-related diseases in Australia. The participants' findings are reported.
Henderson
Douglas W
DW
Jones
Michael L
ML
De Klerk
Nicholas
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Leigh
James
J
Musk
A William
AW
Shilkin
Keith B
KB
Williams
Vincent M
VM
D001194:Asbestos / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001195:Asbestosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015984:Causality; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology; D019016:Mineral Fibers / Q000009:adverse effects; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D019016:Mineral Fibers; D001194:Asbestos