A total of 719 lung cancers were identified in a follow-up of 135 000 Swedish construction
workers interviewed during 1971–1974 by occupational health nurses as part of a routine …

This review assesses the contribution of occupational asbestos exposure to the occurrence
of mesothelioma and lung cancer in Europe. Available information on national asbestos …

Abstract In 1987–1992, the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH) implemented a
nationwide asbestos program aimed at preventing asbestos‐related risks in good …

Exposure to asbestos increases the risk of lung cancer, mesothelioma, pulmonary fibrosis
(asbestosis), and various pleural diseases. Despite extensive research on the topic, the …

Objectives: The study on mortality from cancer among workers of an asbestos plant
manufacturing asbestos yarn, cloth, cords, packings, stuffing, brake linings and asbestos …

In order to study the number of persons previously exposed to asbestos in the general
population, an investigation with a self-administered questionnaire and a screening with 10 …

Background Asbestos is classified as a human carcinogen, and studies have consistently
demonstrated that workplace exposure to it increases the risk of developing lung cancer …

We wanted to assess the quantitative importance of asbestos as a cause of lung cancer. In a
case-referent study, the exposure to asbestos, tobacco smoke and some other occupational …

Cohorts of Finnish asbestos sprayers and of asbestosis and silicosis patients were followed
for cancer with the aid of the Finnish Cancer Registry in the period 1967–1994. Compared …

Objectives: To study the asbestos-associated risk of lung cancer according to the
histological type of cancer, the time of and time since diagnosis of asbestosis, the asbestos …