2006
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20326
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Respiratory health in Turkish asbestos cement workers: The role of environmental exposure

Abstract: Environmental exposure to asbestos could increase the risk of asbestosis and lung function impairment in workers occupationally exposed to asbestos, independent from occupational exposure and smoking.

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“…This approach is sometimes used to increase specificity at the expense of decreased sensitivity [23,24]. With this approach, the present case numbers decreased from 77 (53%) to 58 (40%), fewer parameters were found to be significant (working as foreman, duration of working as foreman and number of places of work), but no single independent risk factor emerged again.…”
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confidence: 86%
“…This approach is sometimes used to increase specificity at the expense of decreased sensitivity [23,24]. With this approach, the present case numbers decreased from 77 (53%) to 58 (40%), fewer parameters were found to be significant (working as foreman, duration of working as foreman and number of places of work), but no single independent risk factor emerged again.…”
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confidence: 86%
“…3,8 Son yıllarda mesleki olarak asbestten etkilenme konusunu inceleyen çalışma-larda, ülkemizde bazı meslek gruplarında ciddi dü-zeyde etkilenmelerin olduğu gösterilmiştir. 9,10 Türkiye'de yapılan epidemiyolojik çalışmalar sonucunda, ilimizde de çevresel kökenli asbestle ilişkili hastalıkların bulunduğu gösterilmiştir. 2,3 Bölgemiz için en yaygın asbest oluşumlarının Güney-Güneydoğu Sivas'ta (Ulaş yöresi) olmasına karşın, bu bölgede mezotelyoma prevalansı Kuzey-Kuzey Batı Sivas (Yıldızeli yöresi) bölgesine göre daha düşüktür.…”
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“…X-rays were evaluated according to the ILO-2000 classification by three readers in the same manner as in the first study. According to the ILO classification 1/0 an upper profusion is considered to be pneumoconiosis [9][10][11]. All of the new findings were compared to the former outcomes.…”
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confidence: 99%