The impact of asbestos exposure in Swedish construction workers

B Järvholm, A Englund - American journal of industrial …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To study the occurrence of pleural mesothelioma as a measure of the impact on
health from asbestos exposure in the construction industry. Methods The occurrence of …

Asbestos hazard in the Swedish construction industry—recent trends in mesothelioma incidence

G Engholm, A Englund - Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & …, 2005 - JSTOR
Objectives The aim of this study was to analyze the incidence of pleural tumors among
various categories of Swedish construction workers and to determine to what extent its …

[HTML][HTML] Occupation and mesothelioma in Sweden: updated incidence in men and women in the 27 years after the asbestos ban

N Plato, JI Martinsen, P Sparén, G Hillerdal… - Epidemiology and …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
OBJECTIVES We updated the Swedish component of the Nordic Occupational Cancer
(NOCCA) Study through 2009 in order to investigate the incidence of mesothelioma of the …

Pleural mesothelioma in Sweden: an analysis of the incidence according to the use of asbestos.

B Järvholm, A Englund, M Albin - Occupational and Environmental …, 1999 - oem.bmj.com
OBJECTIVE: To investigate if the preventive measures taken to reduce the occupational
exposure to asbestos have resulted in a decreased incidence of pleural mesothelioma in …

Time trends and occupational risk factors for pleural mesothelioma in Sweden

K Hemminki, X Li - Journal of occupational and environmental …, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Epidemiologic data on pleural mesothelioma are scarce on regional and occupational time
trends, which would monitor the effects of changes in exposure to asbestos. We aim to …

Occupations and industries in France at high risk for pleural mesothelioma: A population‐based case–control study (1998–2002)

P Rolland, C Gramond, A Lacourt… - American journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Background Occupational exposure to asbestos, widely used in various industries for
decades, is the most important risk factor for pleural mesothelioma. We report here the …

Pleural mesothelioma and asbestos exposure among Italian oil refinery workers

V Gennaro, M Ceppi, P Boffetta, V Fontana… - Scandinavian journal of …, 1994 - JSTOR
Objectives—The association between asbestos exposure and risk of mesothelioma was
studied among workers from two oil refineries located in the northern Italian cities of Genoa …

Occupation and risk of malignant pleural mesothelioma: a case–control study in Spain

A Agudo, CA González, MJ Bleda… - American journal of …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Background The association of mesothelioma and asbestos exposure is well known, but
some data suggest that probably many people are still being exposed to asbestos without …

Trends in mesothelioma incidence and occupational mesotheliomas in Finland in 1960—1995

A Karjalainen, E Pukkala, K Mattson… - Scandinavian journal of …, 1997 - JSTOR
Objectives The study analyzed the recent trend in the incidence of mesothelioma in Finland
and evaluated the coverage of reporting work-related mesothelioma. Methods The …

Three decades of pleural cancer and mesothelioma registration in Austria where asbestos cement was invented

M Neuberger, C Vutuc - … archives of occupational and environmental health, 2003 - Springer
Recently, a new mesothelioma epidemic was predicted from observations made in Western
Europe. From early observations in Austria the lower increase in cases of mesothelioma …