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 …

Occupational and nonoccupational exposures to asbestos hazards are discussed. World
production of asbestos increased from 446,000 metric tons in 1938 to over 2 million tons in …

Rosenman and Reilly [1998] reported that in Michigan, from 1985–1996, 115 patients were
reclassified as having asbestos (and not silicosis, pneumoconiosis, or pulmonary fibrosis) …

Introduction I was not personally acquainted with Donald Cummings, but I know of him. At
the Harvard School of Public Health in the mid-1950's he was occasionally referred to as …

The results of recent studies of shipyard workers have increased concern about the health
effects associated with previous occupational exposure to asbestos. This advisory notice will …

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

Occupational exposure to asbestos (1332214) was reviewed. Recommendations on
monitoring and limiting exposure to asbestos proposed by a joint NIOSH/OSHA asbestos …

In entitled, February" Asbestos of this as year a Hazard Cooper, to in Health," 1 a paper
entitled," Asbestos as a Hazard to Health," 1 commented as follows:" We often try to …

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 usefulness of asbestos as an industrial material must be considered to understand the
breadth of its public health impact. Since its discovery as an indestructible material centuries …