A group of 85 patients with roentgenological evidence of asbestosis were examined on two
occasions within a three‐to four‐year interval, first in 1976‐1977 and again in 1979‐1981 …

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 …

Intratracheal, intrapleural and intraperitoneal inoculation studies in animals are widely used
for identifying important factors in the pathogenicity of fine fibrous particles and estimating …

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 …

In a mass chest radiography survey conducted in 1971 for 7,986 residents of three Finnish
communities, 604 subjects (7.6%) with pleural plaques but no other asbestosrelated …

The main strategy for preventing occupational cancer is an environmentally based approach
or primary prevention. However, it should be combined with screening, early diagnosis, and …

Fibrous minerals may occur as minor impurities in metamorphic limestone, dolomite, and
altered magmatic or metamorphic silicate rocks. The processing or use of the crushed …

During a 6-month period all lung cancer patients in a university hospital chest clinic were
investigated for asbestos exposure by means of personal interview, bronchoalveolar lavage …

The mineral fibres in the lung tissue samples of 54 Finnish lung cancer patients were
analysed using both scanning (SEM) and transmission (TEM) electron microscopy. The fibre …

Klemperer and Rabin used the word 'mesothelioma'for the first time in 1931.2 In this early
period, the biphasic pattern of this tumour, epithelial and mesenchymatous, had been …