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

Diseases associated with asbestos are prevalent in the construction trades primarily as the
result of the previously widespread use of insulation materials containing asbestos in the …

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 …

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 …

A survey of 114 employees exposed to asbestos in a Singapore plant revealed no subjects
with major disability or advanced radiographic changes. Basal crepitations in nine subjects …

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

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 …

Boilermakers are skilled building tradesmen who construct, repair, and dismantle boilers.
The present study reports on the evaluation of members of a Michigan boilermaker's union …

Twelve men who had been exposed to a minor asbestos hazard have been examined
clinically, radiologically, and physiologically, and an assessment of the airborne asbestos …

Asbestos-associated diseases are prevalent in the construction trades primarily because of
the previously widespread use of asbestos-containing insulation materials. Workers in metal …