title: All-cause mortality and cancer incidence among adults exposed to blue asbestos during childhood.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There are few data on the long-term health outcomes of exposure to asbestos in childhood. This study investigated cancer and mortality of adults exposed to blue asbestos as children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data linkage to relevant health registries was used to identify cancers and mortality in a cohort of adults (n = 2,460) that had lived in an asbestos mining town during their childhood (<15 years).
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 217 (93 female) incident cancers and 218 (70 female) deaths among the cohort. Compared with the Western Australian population females had elevated mesothelioma, ovarian and brain cancers, and increased "all cause" and "all cancer" mortality. Males had elevated mesothelioma, leukemia, prostate, brain, and colorectal cancers, and excess mortality from "all causes," "all cancers," circulatory disease, diseases of the nervous system, and accidents.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Exposure to blue asbestos in childhood is associated with an increased risk of cancer and mortality in adults.
authors.affiliation: Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia. alison.reid@uwa.edu.au
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Franklin
authors.forename: Nola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sleith
authors.forename: Latha
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Samuel
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aboagye-Sarfo
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: de Klerk
authors.forename: A W Bill
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Musk
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity*; D017638:Asbestos, Crocidolite / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008906:Mining; D009026:Mortality; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D012042:Registries; D014904:Western Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D017638:Asbestos, Crocidolite