METHODS Construction, shipyard, refinery and production workers were recruited through
their local unions. Letters offering examinations for asbestosis and pulmonary disease were …

In several large groups of workers employed in chemical plants, chest x-ray abnormalities
(small irregular opacities and/or pleural changes) of the type known to be induced by …

Preliminary results of a survey for asbestos (1332214) related diseases among sheet metal
workers were reported. The 12,454 participants (most over 50 years of age) received …

The Long Beach Shipyard underwent a chest x-ray survey of 6640 employees, or 88.6% of
the total shipyard population, to determine the level of asbestotic changes. For computer …

Asbestos is a well known health hazard. Initially, most cases of asbestos related disease
were seen in miners, millers, and people employed in the manufacture of asbestos products …

Information currently available concerning asbestosis has been derived largely from studies
of employees of asbestos textile factories and should properly be referred to such …

A cohort study was conducted in Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast area on individual workers
who have been exposed to asbestos for 15 years or more. Most of these workers were …

In the early 1900's massive exposures in the dusty trades were common and the situation in
American asbestos processing plants was no exception. The ability of asbestos dust to …

Former employees (214) of a plant that manufactured asbestos‐containing building
materials (wallboard and acoustic tile) from 1958 through 1974 were screened for asbestos …

A cross‐sectional prevalence survey of asbestosis, including all 1,140 employees of a
diversified asbestos products manufacturer, was conducted in 1932 by Drs. Anthony J …