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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
Asbestos Exposure and Malignant Mesothelioma in Construction Workers-Epidemiological Remarks by the Italian National Mesothelioma Registry (ReNaM)
…8% to 23.9%. Among 2310 cases exposed only in construction, most exposures were in general building construction, with others in plumbing and electrical installation. Cases occurred across the whole country. The authors concluded that a…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2023
The Brazilian System for Monitoring Workers and General Population Exposed to Asbestos: Development, Challenges, and Opportunities for Workers' Health Surveillance
…especially in lower-income countries. This paper aims to present the recently developed Brazilian system for monitoring workers and general population exposed to asbestos (Datamianto), and to discuss the main challenges and opportunities for workers' health…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2019
Environmental and Occupational Exposure to Asbestos as a Result of Consumption and Use in Poland
This study combined existing data sources to describe asbestos exposure, at work and in the general environment, across Poland's counties. The authors used records of asbestos imports and manufacturing plants, an earlier estimate of asbestos…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
Standardized Incidence Ratio and Standardized Mortality Ratio of Malignant Mesothelioma in a Worker Cohort Using Employment Insurance Database in Korea
…calculated using the indirect standardization method. There were 641 malignant mesotheliomas that occurred; the SIR was significantly higher than the general population (men 1.36, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.24-1.48, women 1.44…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
Increased Risk of Gastric Cancer in Asbestos-Exposed Workers: A Retrospective Cohort Study Based on Taiwan Cancer Registry 1980-2015
…the period 1980-2015. Standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) for cancer were computed for the whole cohort using reference rates of the general population, and also reference labor population. Compared with the general population, SIR of the…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
Meta-Analysis of the Association between Asbestos Exposure and Esophageal Cancer
…ranges below are also 95% intervals). The authors described this as exposed participants being 1.28 times more likely to die from esophageal cancer than the general population. The pooled SMR was significantly raised for chrysotile…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2022
Near Missed Case of Occupational Pleural Malignant Mesothelioma, a Case Report and Latest Therapeutic Options
…lung. She received radiotherapy and chemotherapy with cisplatin and pemetrexed. After the third course of chemotherapy, fluid appeared around the other lung and her general condition worsened. A detailed work history, taken only in February 2022…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Retrospective Exposure Assessment Methods Used in Occupational Human Health Risk Assessment: A Systematic Review
…for the asbestos part, because the general PubMed search returned too many articles. They included 44 original, peer-reviewed English-language articles published from 2010 onward, covering assessment in general and asbestos specifically. The review reports…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2025
Marble Waste Dump Yard in Rajasthan, India Revealed as a Potential Asbestos Exposure Hazard
…103,000,000 per gram. The authors concluded that this plausibly demonstrates that the marble industry poses an occupational and environmental hazard to workers, local inhabitants and the general public by exposing them to asbestos dust.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
Asbestos in High-Risk Communities: Public Health Implications
…lung cancer, and asbestosis-are well known as occupational diseases. As industrial asbestos use is eliminated, ARDs within the general community from para-occupational, environmental, and natural exposures are more prominent. ARD clusters have been studied…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
Incidence of Cancer and Asbestos-Related Diseases among Residents Living near Abandoned Asbestos Mines in South Korea: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using National Health Insurance Database
…Database of South Korea. We determined the risk of developing asbestos-related diseases (ARDs) among residents living near asbestos mines compared with those living in the control area and the general population. The risks of asbestosis…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
Development of Nationwide Excess Lifetime Cancer Risk Evaluation Methods with Comprehensive Past Asbestos Exposure Reconstruction
…calculate the Excess Lifetime Cancer Risk (ELCR) of Koreans. The past occupational exposure reconstruction was conducted by rebuilding the previous general population job-exposure matrix (JEM). The para-occupational and household exposure estimation was based on…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
The Epidemiologic Characteristics of Malignant Mesothelioma Cases in Korea: Findings of the Asbestos Injury Relief System from 2011-2015
…resident registrations in order to investigate the dates of diagnosis and death. Asbestos exposure and patients' general characteristics were investigated through face-to-face interviews. The standardized incidence ratio was calculated as the number of observations…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
Using GIS to Estimate Population at Risk Because of Residence Proximity to Asbestos Processing Facilities in Colombia
…geographic information system, demographic data obtained from the last two general population censuses were processed to determine the number of people living within the concentric circles surrounding the asbestos facilities and the mine. In previous studies…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
Domestic asbestos exposure: a review of epidemiologic and exposure data
…low-level chrysotile-exposed workers. Lung burden studies (n = 6) were also evaluated as a surrogate of exposure. In general, available results for domestic exposures are lower than the workers' exposures. Recent simulations of low…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Combustion-generated nanoparticulates in the El Paso, TX, USA / Juarez, Mexico Metroplex: their comparative characterization and potential for adverse health effects
…a surrogate. Taken together with the plethora of toxic responses reported for DPM, these findings prompt concerns for airborne carbonaceous nanoparticulates in general. The implications of these preliminary findings and their potential health effects, as well…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Three potential sources of microfungi in a treated municipal water supply system in sub-tropical Australia
…Fungal spores were recovered from all air samples. The number of colonies and the genera were similar for both inside and outside air. Microfungal filaments and sporulating structures were recovered from most of the pipe inner…