Incidence of cancer among the participants of the Finnish Asbestos Screening Campaign

K Koskinen, E Pukkala, K Reijula… - Scandinavian journal of …, 2003 - JSTOR
Objectives Cancer risk has been estimated for asbestos production workers or other heavily
exposed asbestos workers in numerous studies. The bulk of the asbestos epidemic results …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer incidence in Asbestos-exposed workers: an update on four Finnish cohorts

P Nynäs, E Pukkala, H Vainio, P Oksa - Safety and health at work, 2017 - Elsevier
Background We assessed the cancer risks of four different Finnish asbestos-exposed
cohorts. We also explored if the cohorts with varying profiles of asbestos exposure exhibited …

Cancer incidence among workers in the asbestos-cement producing industry in Norway

B Ulvestad, K Kjærheim, JI Martinsen… - Scandinavian journal of …, 2002 - JSTOR
Objectives The incidence of cancer among employees of a Norwegian asbestos-cement
factory was studied in relation to duration of exposure and time since first exposure. The …

Asbestos and cancer in Finland.

MS Huuskonen, A Karjalainen, A Tossavainen… - La Medicina del …, 1995 - europepmc.org
Primary prevention carried out today can reduce the disease incidence in the future
decades. The present disease panorama is the consequence of past asbestos exposure …

Feasibility of a screening programme for lung cancer in former asbestos workers

G Mastrangelo, MN Ballarin, E Bellini… - Occupational …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Background Low-dose computed tomography (CT) has been found to detect more Stage IA
lung cancer than chest x-ray. Aims To investigate whether lung cancer screening with CT …

Cancer mortality in a surveillance cohort of German males formerly exposed to asbestos

B Pesch, D Taeger, G Johnen, IM Gross… - International journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
The objective of this analysis was the estimation of the cancer risks of asbestos and
asbestosis in a surveillance cohort of high-exposed German workers. A group of 576 …

Screening for occupational cancer

MS Huuskonen - Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 1992 - JSTOR
The main strategy for preventing occupational cancer is an environmentally based approach
or primary prevention. However, it should be combined with screening, early diagnosis, and …

Surveillance and intervention studies on respiratory cancers in asbestos-exposed workers

E Merler, E Buiatti, H Vainio - Scandinavian journal of work, environment & …, 1997 - JSTOR
A systematic review of the literature on the surveillance of workers at presumed increased
risk for respiratory cancer because of their exposure to asbestos revealed surveillance …

Cancer incidence in a cohort of asbestos-exposed workers undergoing health surveillance

F Barbiero, T Zanin, FE Pisa, A Casetta… - International Archives of …, 2018 - Springer
Objectives To compare a local cohort of 2488 men occupationally exposed to asbestos and
enrolled in a public health surveillance program with the 1995–2009 cancer incidence of the …

Different measures of asbestos exposure in estimating risk of lung cancer and mesothelioma among construction workers

K Koskinen, E Pukkala, R Martikainen… - … of occupational and …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
To analyze occupation, expert-evaluated cumulative exposure, and radiographic
abnormalities as indicators of asbestos-related cancer risk we followed 16,696 male …