Environmental asbestos exposure and cancer mortality
Journal Article
·
· Arch. Environ. Health; (United States)
From 1970 to 1980, mortality from cancer of the lung and stomach was analyzed in a town with asbestos deposits and in a town with asbestos processing. The populations of the entire country, the province, the district, and of all communities of the same size and agricultural index were used as references. In the town with asbestos contamination of air and water from natural tremolite deposits and an endemic occurrence of pleural plaques, no increased risk for lung or stomach cancer was found. In the town with asbestos cement production lung cancer rates were lower in males and higher in females, and stomach cancer rates were lower than expected. No significant differences could be attributed to environmental asbestos exposure.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Vienna, Austria
- OSTI ID:
- 5551350
- Journal Information:
- Arch. Environ. Health; (United States), Journal Name: Arch. Environ. Health; (United States) Vol. 39:4; ISSN AEHLA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AIR
ASBESTOS
BODY
CARCINOMAS
CONTAMINATION
DATA
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
DISEASES
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE
EPIDEMIOLOGY
FLUIDS
GASES
GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INFORMATION
LUNGS
MINING
MORTALITY
NEOPLASMS
NUMERICAL DATA
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
ORGANS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
RISK ASSESSMENT
STATISTICAL DATA
STOMACH
WATER
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AIR
ASBESTOS
BODY
CARCINOMAS
CONTAMINATION
DATA
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
DISEASES
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE
EPIDEMIOLOGY
FLUIDS
GASES
GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INFORMATION
LUNGS
MINING
MORTALITY
NEOPLASMS
NUMERICAL DATA
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
ORGANS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
RISK ASSESSMENT
STATISTICAL DATA
STOMACH
WATER