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 …

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 …

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

Updated results were presented from epidemiological studies conducted of workers at six
facilities where they were exposed to asbestos (1332214) in the course of their daily jobs …

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 …

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

Asbestos is a useful, even indispensable component of. many materials with which we come
into daily contact. It has unique properties of heat resistance and durability and is cheap and …

The chest roentgenograms of employees aged 40 and over in two asbestos manufacturing
plants were read by consensus without knowledge of the plant or smoking habits. Plant A …

The characteristics of diseases associated with exposure to asbestos (1332214) and related
fibers are reviewed. Pulmonary asbestosis is a parenchymal fibrosis with or without pleural …

Exposure to asbestos is an important public health hazard in all industrialized societies.
Although the pulmonary manifestations of prolonged asbestos fiber exposure are well …