Radiological evidence of asbestos disease among ship repair workers
作者:
Irving J. Selikoff,
William J. Nicholson,
Ruth Lilis,
期刊:
American Journal of Industrial Medicine
(WILEY Available online 1980)
卷期:
Volume 1,
issue 1
页码: 9-22
ISSN:0271-3586
年代: 1980
DOI:10.1002/ajim.4700010104
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
关键词: ship repair;asbestos;asbestosis;pleural fibrosis
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractAsbestos materials are now infrequently used in new ship construction. However, significant amounts were used in vessels constructed before 1975. As a consequence, for the next 30 or more years, the potential for asbestos exposure in the repair of such vessels will remain.We studied 286 workers who were 20 or more years from onset of employment in ship repair work. Eighty‐six percent had radiological evidence of asbestosis, and five instances of previously undiagnosed lung cancer were found. This suggests that unless industrial hygiene precautions are taken in the future repair of vessels that have been built with asbestos, we will add additional decades to the legacy we already face as the result of uncontrolled shipyard exposures of the pas
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