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 …

Background: The coastal area of Friuli Venezia Giulia (FVG) region, north-eastern Italy, was
characterized by work activities in which asbestos was used until the early 1990s …

Objective Asbestos is a known human carcinogen, with evidence for malignant
mesothelioma (MM), cancers of lung, ovary, larynx and possibly other organs. MM rates are …

Background Asbestos is a known human carcinogen and is causally associated with
malignant mesothelioma, lung, larynx and ovarian cancers. Methods Cancer risk was …

Background Exposure to asbestos remains a global issue due to its massive use in the
twentieth century and its long environmental persistence. Exposure to asbestos still occurs …

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 …

Purpose To evaluate the long-term health effects of occupational asbestos exposure, an
updated historical cohort mortality study of workers at a refitting shipyard was undertaken …

Introduction This study focus on the incidence of asbestos‐related cancers among 28,300
officers and enlisted servicemen in the Royal Norwegian Navy. Until 1987, asbestos aboard …

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 …

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 …