The International Expert Meeting on Asbestos, Asbestosis, and Cancer was convened in
Helsinki on 20--22 January 1997 to discuss disorders of the lung and pleura in association …

Objective: We followed a group of 85 Finnish asbestosis patients radiographically for an
average of 6.5 (range 2–10) years to examine the progression of the disease and to assess …

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 …

Two different methods have been tested for assessing retrospectively occupational
exposure to asbestos dust in 80 cases with suspected asbestos-related thoracic diseases: 1) …

The Monfalcone area, northeastern Italy, is a small industrial district (population 60,000),
with a large shipyard. In order to monitor asbestos exposure in this area, a series of 3,640 …

This report presents data gathered from a series of asbestos disease screening
examinations of 9,605 United States sheet metal workers who were first employed in the …

Primary prevention carried out today can reduce the disease incidence in the future
decades. The present disease panorama is the consequence of past asbestos exposure …

Clinical data from 624 asbestos exposed workers were analysed by factor analysis. Fifteen
clinical variables were found to reflect several underlying factors:" obstruction,"" interstitial …

The term" asbestosis" usually has been applied to a disease characterized by diffuse
pulmonary interstitial fibrosis. It was often associated with a significant adverse impact on the …

A cohort of 1,117 asbestos insulation workers was established in 1963 and has been
prospectively followed since then. Chest X‐ray abnormalities detected at the initial medical …