[HTML][HTML] Asbestos-related lung disease

KMA O'REILLY, AM Mclaughlin, WS Beckett… - American family …, 2007 - aafp.org
cigarette smoke increases the risk of developing lung cancer in patients with a history of
asbestos exposure, smoking … Symptomatic patients may be entitled to workers' compensation if …

Absence of synergism between exposure to asbestos and cigarette smoking in asbestosis

JM Samet, GR Epler, EA Gaensler… - American Review of …, 1979 - atsjournals.org
… to asbestos and cigarette smoking on the development of asbestosis, survey data from 4
groups of workers exposed to asbestosAsbestos workers who are cigarette smokers have an …

Asbestosis: interstitial pulmonary fibrosis and pleural fibrosis in a cohort of asbestos insulation workers: influence of cigarette smoking

R Lilis, IJ Selikoff, Y Lerman… - American Journal of …, 1986 - Wiley Online Library
Smoking habits were found to have an effect on parenchymal abnormalities, which were …
with a history of cigarette smoking than among workers who had never smoked. Such an …

Association between asbestos exposure, cigarette smoking, myeloperoxidase (MPO) genotypes, and lung cancer risk

MB Schabath, MR Spitz, GL Delclos… - American journal of …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
… between asbestos and cigarette smoking on lung cancer risk. This study of tobacco and
asbestosAsbestos exposure was selected a priori for the occupational exposure analysis in this …

[HTML][HTML] Additive synergism between asbestos and smoking in lung cancer risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Y Ngamwong, W Tangamornsuksan, O Lohitnavy… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
… Our results demonstrate a positive synergistic interaction on an additive scale between
asbestos exposure and cigarette smoking in workers developing lung cancer (Table 6). …

Longitudinal changes in lung function among asbestos-exposed workers.

DA Schwartz, CS Davis, JA Merchant… - American journal of …, 1994 - atsjournals.org
… observed that cigarette smoking influences the SAL cellularity in patients with either
asbestos-induced lung disease (26) or IPF (27). These findings suggest that cigarette smoking may …

Asbestosis: a marker for the increased risk of lung cancer among workers exposed to asbestos

W Weiss - Chest, 1999 - Elsevier
… The analysis was controlled for age, cigarette smoking, and asbestos exposure. Mortality
was examined ≥ 20 years after hire. The radiograph assessment was made independently by …

… function, smoking habits, and high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) early abnormalities of lung and pleural fibrosis in shipyard workers exposed to asbestos

S Neri, P Boraschi, A Antonelli… - American journal of …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
… abnormalities among asbestos workers are strictly related to exposure to asbestos and may
… nonsmoking asbestos workers, and with a reduction in obstructive indices among smoking

Cigarette smoke increases the penetration of asbestos fibers into airway walls.

D McFADDEN, J Wright, B Wiggs… - The American journal of …, 1986 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… Radiographically, cigarette smokers appear to have higher attack rates and/or … Smoking
asbestos workers have a markedly higher incidence of lung cancer than nonsmoking workers, …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of secondhand smoke exposure on HRCT findings among asbestos-exposed workers

T Vierikko, R Järvenpää, J Uitti, P Virtema, P Oksa… - Respiratory …, 2008 - Elsevier
… The main finding in our study of 310 asbestos-exposed workers investigated with HRCT was
a significant effect of both SHS exposure in the past 12 months and lifetime cumulative SHS …