Previous asbestos exposure and smoking habits in the county of Telemark, Norway--a cross-sectional population study.

Hilt, Bjørn; Langård, Sverre; Lund‐Larsen, Per G.; Lien, J T

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“…If the answers given in the latter questionnaire was a true picture of exposure, the postal questionnaire information on asbestos and quartz exposure had a sensitivity of 26 and 36070, respectively, and a specificity of 98%. Low sensitivity and high specificity for a question on asbestos exposure was also observed in a chest-radiograph survey of 21 453 men 40 years of age or more in the county of Telemark, Norway (29). A prerequisite for any comparison of prevalences of airborne occupational exposures in different areas is identical methods of exposure recordings.…”

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Occupational airborne exposure of the general population of a Norwegian county.

Bakke¹,

Baste²,

Hanoa³

et al. 1992

Scand J Work Environ Health

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Occupational airborne exposure of the general population of a Norwegian county.

Bakke¹,

Baste²,

Hanoa³

et al. 1992

Scand J Work Environ Health

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“…In a questionnaire screening the prevalence of asbestos exposure and smoking habits in the general male population aged 40 years and over from the county of Telemark was recorded (6). The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of asbestos-related disorders, in terms of asbestos-related findings in chest radiographs, in the same population.…”

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“…Of the 824 chest radiographs taken on admission to the Pennsylvania University Hospital in the United States (US), 6.2 % showed bilateral pleural thickening (1). There was a marked difference in the occurrence between males and females (16.7 and 0.4 %, respectively).…”

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Asbestos-related findings in chest radiographs of the male population of the county of Telemark, Norway--a cross-sectional study.

Hilt¹,

Lien²,

Lund‐Larsen³

et al. 1986

Scand J Work Environ Health

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S. Asbestos-related findings in chest radiographs of the male population of the county of Telemark, Norway -A cross-sectional study. Scand J Work Environ Health 12 (1986) 567-573. In order to investigate the prevalence of asbestos-related diseases, a cross-sectional population study was conducted among 28 216 men aged 40 years in nine municipalities of the county of Telemark, Norway. In a primary radiographic screening 10 x IO-cm chest radiographs were taken of 21 483 persons. In two independent readings of the radiographs, pleural changes were observed in 6.9 and 8.5 % of the study subjects. Radiographic findings in the primary screening led to 1 431 subjects being selected for a reexamination. On the basis of occupational histories and 40 x 4O-cm chest radiographs, it was concluded that 470 of these subjects (2.2 010 of the screened population) had radiographic changes consistent with an asbestos-related disorder. Among these, 86 had lung fibrosis (82 in combination with pleural plaques) and 384 had pleural plaques only. There were marked differences in the occurrence of asbestos-related disorders between the seven urban and two rural communities studied, and agreement was observed between the occurrence of such disorders and the degree and duration of the reported asbestos exposure. The study presents evidence that asbestos-related disorders may be more prevalent in the general male population than has been recognized earlier.

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“…In a Norwegian questionnaire survey of 21 453 men 40 years of age or more, 18 % reported previous exposure to asbestos (3). No population-based information is available on occupational asbestos exposure among women and younger men and on quartz exposure in general in northwestern Europe.…”

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