Research on Construction

The National Library of Medicine's indexers, who file every article in PubMed under subject headings (MeSH), filed 35 studies in our library under “Construction Industry” as a main topic. The indexing is NLM's, not ours. For what these studies mean for people exposed, read our page on the construction industry. Each entry links to the study on PubMed and to its journal's page in our library, where you can read the abstract.

2020s

• Design and validation of instruments of working conditions associated with silica and asbestos exposure. C. Antolinez-Figueroa, L.Y.C. Castillo, J.M. Sierra, et al. Annals of Work Exposures and Health 2026;70(8). PubMed · Publisher · Free full text
• Improving asbestos knowledge among demolition workers through training after earthquakes. K. Tuncer, M. Gomleksiz. Work 2025;81(1):2215-2220. PubMed · Publisher
• Supporting companies dealing with asbestos risk: Practical tools for occupational health services, risk prevention specialists, and companies. I. Monnerais, M. Loizeau. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2025;68 Suppl 1:S8-S11. PubMed · Publisher
• Measurement and removal of asbestos in residential dwellings to be demolished-urban transformation experience in Izmir, Turkey. Y.Ö. Tetik, İ.B. Zümrüt, A.G. Çamurcu, et al. Environmental Science and Pollution Research International 2024;31(6):9857-9866. PubMed · Publisher · Free full text
• How much have adverse occupational health outcomes among construction workers improved over time? Evidence from 25 years of medical screening. K. Ringen, J. Dement, L. Welch, et al. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2023;66(1):18-29. PubMed · Publisher
• Material and monetary flows of construction and demolition waste and assessment on physical and environmental properties of illegally dumped construction and demolition waste in Hanoi. L.H. Nguyen, T.V.N. Tran, M.G. Hoang, et al. Environmental Science and Pollution Research International 2023;30(60):125965-125976. PubMed · Publisher
• Mesothelioma Risk among Construction Workers According to Job Title: Data from the Italian Mesothelioma Register. L. Vimercati, D. Cavone, L. De Maria, et al. La Medicina del Lavoro 2023;114(3):e2023025. PubMed · Publisher · Free full text
• Pleural mesothelioma risk in the construction industry: a case-control study in Italy, 2000-2018. S. Stella, D. Consonni, E. Migliore, et al. BMJ Open 2023;13(8):e073480. PubMed · Publisher · Free full text
• Work-related respiratory health conditions among construction workers: a systematic narrative review. E.F. Boadu, S.R. Okeke, C. Boadi, et al. BMJ Open Respiratory Research 2023;10(1). Systematic review PubMed · Publisher · Free full text
• Challenges and opportunities of terahertz technology in construction and demolition waste management. A. Abina, U. Puc, A. Zidanšek. Journal of Environmental Management 2022;315:115118. PubMed · Publisher
• Asbestos Exposure and Malignant Mesothelioma in Construction Workers-Epidemiological Remarks by the Italian National Mesothelioma Registry (ReNaM). A. Binazzi, D. Di Marzio, M. Verardo, et al. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021;19(1). PubMed · Publisher · Free full text
• Smoking, occupational exposures, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis among Swedish construction workers. M. Andersson, P.D. Blanc, K. Torén, et al. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2021;64(4):251-257. PubMed · Publisher

2010s

• Change in prevalence of asbestos-related disease among sheet metal workers 1986 to 2016. G.H. West, R.K. Sokas, L.S. Welch. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2019;62(7):609-615. PubMed · Publisher

• Chest CT scan findings in World Trade Center workers. R.E. de la Hoz, J. Weber, D. Xu, et al. Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health 2019;74(5):263-270. PubMed · Publisher · Free full text

• Mortality for Mesothelioma and Lung Cancer in a Cohort of Asbestos Cement Workers in BARI (Italy): Time Related Aspects of Exposure. F. Cuccaro, A.M. Nannavecchia, S. Silvestri, et al. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2019;61(5):410-416. PubMed · Publisher

• Mortality of older construction and craft workers employed at department of energy nuclear sites: Follow-up through 2016. K. Ringen, J. Dement, S. Hines, et al. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2019;62(9):742-754. PubMed · Publisher

• Asbestos Consumption in Mongolia: 1996-2014. N. Damiran, A. Frank. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2018;15(1). PubMed · Publisher · Free full text

• Asbestosis is prevalent in a variety of construction industry trades. G.I. Walters, A.S. Robertson, P.S. Bhomra, et al. NPJ Primary Care Respiratory Medicine 2018;28(1):11. PubMed · Publisher · Free full text

• Mortality among Coast Guard Shipyard workers: A retrospective cohort study of specific exposures. J. Rusiecki, P. Stewart, D. Lee, et al. Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health 2018;73(1):4-18. PubMed · Publisher

• Mortality in asbestos cement workers in Pavia, Italy: A cohort study. E. Oddone, D. Ferrante, S. Tunesi, et al. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2017;60(10):852-866. PubMed · Publisher

• Spatio-seasonal variation of airborne asbestos concentration in urban areas of Shiraz, Iran. M.K. Fathi Fathabadi, A. Abdolahnejad, H. Teiri, et al. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health 2017;23(2):143-150. PubMed · Publisher · Free full text

• Construction and demolition waste management: China's lessons. H. Duan, J. Li. Waste Management & Research 2016;34(5):397-8. Editorial PubMed · Publisher

  In plain English

  This was a two-page editorial, not a research study. It reported no new data and did not measure asbestos exposure or disease. The authors wrote about construction and demolition (C&D) waste in China. Citing a China Daily report, they opened with the 20 December 2015 landslide of piled waste in Shenzhen, which buried nearly three dozen buildings and left at least 75 people missing. Citing a government report, they wrote that China produced roughly 1 billion tonnes of C&D waste in 2013 and that about 5% was reused or recycled. On asbestos, the authors stated that many old buildings in China nearing the end of their life contain asbestos. They wrote that, unlike many developed countries, China still used asbestos in rural or less-developed regions and lacked a sound system for managing C&D waste containing asbestos. They also described heavy metals and brominated flame retardants as probable contaminants of this waste, noting that little research had characterised the flame retardants in C&D waste. The authors concluded that a system is needed to separate hazardous materials, including asbestos, from C&D waste.

  We wrote this plain-English summary from the full article with the help of AI, and a second AI model checked each sentence against the article. It is not the authors' wording; the abstract and the article are their own account.

• Occupational exposure in the removal and disposal of asbestos-containing materials in Italy. A. Scarselli, M. Corfiati, D. Di Marzio. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health 2016;89(5):857-65. PubMed · Publisher

• Emerging evidence that the ban on asbestos use is reducing the occurrence of pleural mesothelioma in Sweden. B. Järvholm, A. Burdorf. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2015;43(8):875-81. PubMed · Publisher · Free full text

• Lung cancer risk among bricklayers in a pooled analysis of case-control studies. D. Consonni, S. De Matteis, A.C. Pesatori, et al. International Journal of Cancer 2015;136(2):360-71. PubMed · Publisher · Free full text

• Lung cancer risk among workers in the construction industry: results from two case-control studies in Montreal. A. Lacourt, J. Pintos, J. Lavoué, et al. BMC Public Health 2015;15:941. PubMed · Publisher · Free full text

• Mortality of older construction and craft workers employed at department of energy (DOE) nuclear sites: follow-up through 2011. K. Ringen, J. Dement, L. Welch, et al. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2015;58(2):152-67. PubMed · Publisher

• Status of the ban on asbestos use in Spain and Latin America. R.A. Accinelli Tanaka, L.M. López Oropeza. Archivos de Bronconeumología 2015;51(3):152. In English, Spanish. Letter PubMed · Publisher

• Asbestos exposure among construction workers during demolition of old houses in Tehran, Iran. H. Kakooei, M. Normohammadi. Industrial Health 2014;52(1):71-7. PubMed · Publisher · Free full text

• Lest we forget. J. Hobson. Occupational Medicine 2014;64(1):30. PubMed · Publisher

• Silica exposure and altered regulation of autoimmunity. S. Lee, H. Matsuzaki, N. Kumagai-Takei, et al. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014;19(5):322-9. Review PubMed · Publisher · Free full text

• The impact of asbestos exposure in Swedish construction workers. B. Järvholm, A. Englund. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2014;57(1):49-55. PubMed · Publisher

• The risk of lung cancer after cessation of asbestos exposure in construction workers using pleural malignant mesothelioma as a marker of exposure. B. Järvholm, E. Aström. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2014;56(12):1297-301. PubMed · Publisher · Free full text

• Infectious disease risk in asbestos abatement workers. J.H. Lange, G. Mastrangelo, L. Cegolon. BMC Public Health 2012;12:665. PubMed · Publisher · Free full text

• Occupation and work-related ill-health in UK construction workers. S.J. Stocks, S. Turner, R. McNamee, et al. Occupational Medicine 2011;61(6):407-15. PubMed · Publisher

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