Respiratory Findings Among Millwright and Machinery Erectors: Identification of Health Hazards from Asbestos in Place at Work

Fischbein, Alf; Luo, Jinbin; Lacher, Margot; Rosenfeld, S.; Rosenbaum, Alfred; Miller, Aubrey; Solomon, Sony

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“…The small number of cases of DPT observed in the study, compared to the number of PP, is in agreement with studies using a similar radiological characterization of DPT [Bourbeau et al, 1990;Schwartz et al, 1990;Lilis et al, 1991Lilis et al, , 1992Miller et al, 1992;Fischbein et al, 1993;GarciaClosas and Christiani, 1995].…”

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“…In many publications, PP and DPT are not distinguished or diagnostic criteria are not described [Ohlson et al, 1985;Oliver et al, 1985Oliver et al, , 1988Hilt, 1987;Anton-Culver et al, 1989;Delclos et al, 1990;Balmes et al, 1991;Levin and Selikoff, 1991;Selikoff et al, 1991;Anderson et al, 1992;Ehrlich et al, 1992;Oksa et al, 1992;Welch et al, 1994]. Some authors quote the ILO classification, without any other details [Cotes and King, 1988;Hessel et al, 1988;Demers et al, 1990;Kilburn and Warshaw, 1990;Kouris et al, 1991;Bresnitz et al, 1993;Fischbein et al, 1993;Rey et al, 1993]. In order to facilitate the reading of pleural abnormalities and to reduce inter-and intra-reader variability, obliteration of costophrenic angle has been proposed to characterize DPT on postero-anterior chest-X-rays [Sargent et al, 1978;Bourbeau and Ernst, 1988;Bourbeau et al, 1990, Kennedy et al, 1991Lilis et al, 1991Lilis et al, , 1992Miller et al, 1992;Schwartz et al, 1994;Garcia-Closas and Christiani, 1995].…”

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Asbestos‐related pleural diseases: Dimensional criteria are not appropriate to differentiate diffuse pleural thickening from pleural plaques

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American J Industrial Med

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Asbestos‐related pleural diseases: Dimensional criteria are not appropriate to differentiate diffuse pleural thickening from pleural plaques

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“…The increased prevalence of asbestos-related pleural abnormalities has been reported to be increased among carpenters. [Garcia-Closas and Christiani, 1995;Fischbein et al, 1993]. Analyses of multiple cause of death listings show the construction industry to be one of the industries most frequently listed for deaths mentioning asbestosis, malignant neoplasms of the pleura, coal workers' pneumoconiosis and silicosis [NIOSH, 1992[NIOSH, , 1996.…”

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Respiratory diseases among union carpenters: Cohort and case-control analyses

Lipscomb

Dement

1998

Am. J. Ind. Med.

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Lung diseases, defined by ICD‐9 diagnoses on medical insurance claims, were studied through the combined use of administrative records, private health insurance, and workers' compensation claims for a cohort of 10,938 active union carpenters between 1989 and 1992. The cohort defined the study base for a nested case‐control study, in which cases (n = 220) were initially identified by an ICD‐9 code for asthma in private health insurance or workers' compensation files. A questionnaire was used to collect information on respiratory history and potential home and workplace exposures. Questions used by Burney et al. to define a discriminant function predictor (DFP) of a bronchial response to histamine were used to reclassify cases and controls for further exploratory analyses. Bronchitis accounted for over 50% of the lung disease cases among this cohort followed by asthma, chronic obstructive airway disease, and chronic bronchitis. Incidence density rates of asthma, chronic bronchitis, and chronic obstructive airway disease adjusted for age, sex, and time in the union increased with increasing age. Using Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program data to estimate expected lung cancer cases in our cohort, an elevated standardized incidence rate (SIR) was seen among male carpenters between the ages of 45–54. Smoking history was not available for the entire cohort. Using the ICD‐9 or Burney case definition of asthma, odds ratios were significantly elevated for exposure to hay, epoxy paints, enzymes, animals, and molds. Additional exposures associated with asthma using Burney's definition, are ones to which a majority of these carpenters were exposed including cement, drywall, and demolition dusts. Am. J. Ind. Med. 33: 131–150, 1998. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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Pleural Plaques: Incidence and Epidemiology, Exposed Workers and the General Population

Hillerdal

1997

Indoor and Built Environment

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Pleural plaques are the most common manifestation of exposure to asbestos. It is vital that they are properly defined radiologically; if this is done, the speci ficity for asbestos exposure is 80-90%. The ILO system is not very good for the diagnosis of plaques. In the general urban population, the incidence of plaques is 1-6.8% in Western countries among men aged 30 or more. Apart from occu pational exposure, pleural plaques have been reported from domestic expo sure and from environmental pollution in certain areas of the world where asbestos minerals occur locally. In some countries, exposure is mainly due to the local inhabitants using crushed asbestos-containing rocks for white-wash ing houses. In these areas, 40% or more of the population can show plaques on chest roentgenogram, and extremely high figures are seen on autopsy.

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Respiratory Findings Among Millwright and Machinery Erectors: Identification of Health Hazards from Asbestos in Place at Work

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Asbestos‐related pleural diseases: Dimensional criteria are not appropriate to differentiate diffuse pleural thickening from pleural plaques

Asbestos‐related pleural diseases: Dimensional criteria are not appropriate to differentiate diffuse pleural thickening from pleural plaques

Respiratory diseases among union carpenters: Cohort and case-control analyses

Pleural Plaques: Incidence and Epidemiology, Exposed Workers and the General Population

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