W" rTHIN recent years and months a considerable amount of evidence has appeared in the
literature which indicates that asbestosis is directly related to the incidence of malignant …

In a retrospective study of 49 cases of asbestosis, a steady increase in the frequency of
diagnosis of asbestosis and asbestos-related neoplasia is documented from a major urban …

Results Table 1 summarizes details of the ten cases with carcinoma. VVith one exception all
were over 40 years of age, with a maximum number in the sixth decade. Details of exposure …

Deaths among 17,800 asbestos insulation workers in the United States and Canada
January 1, 1967-January 1, 1977 onstrate that enough asbestos exposure has occurred to …

The authors here present statistical evidence on the relationship of mortality in asbestos
workers from lung and other forms of cancer to 8-17 years exposure to asbestos dust. These …

NUMEROUS opinions on the asbestos cancer problem were expressed at the
Pneumoconiosis Conference held in Johannesburg in 1969, the proceedings of which are …

Findings of mesothelioma among individuals living in the vicinity of asbestos plants
suggested that asbestos air pollution might occur. Measurement of asbestos (chrysotile) …

Enterline, P., de Coufle, P., and Henderson, V.(1973). British Journal of Industrial Medicine,
30, 162-166. Respiratory cancer in relation to occupational exposures among retired …

Sixty-one cases of lung cancer have been recorded in persons with asbestosis (Boemke,
1953; Hueper, 1952) since Lynch and Smith (1935) reportedthe first case. In view of the …

Although asbestosis, a disabling industrial disease, has been recognized for only some 50
years, the mechanism by which the dust particles produce tissue alterations in this condition …