Asbestos exposure and neoplasia

Conference · Fri Jul 06 00:00:00 EDT 1984 · JAMA, J. Am. Med. Assoc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6051335

Selikoff, I J; Churg, J; Hammond, E C

Builiding trades insulation workers have relatively light, intermittent, exposure to asbestos. Of 632 insulation workers, who entered the trade before 1943 and were traced through 1962, forty-five died of cancer of the lung or pleura, whereas only 6.6 such deaths were expected. Three of the pleural tumors were mesotheliomas; there was also one peritoneal mesothelioma. Four mesotheliomas in a total of 255 deaths is an exceedingly high incidence for such a rare tumor. In addition, an unexpectedly large number of men died of cancer of the stomach, colon, or rectum (29 compared with 9.4 expected). Other cancers were not increased; 20.5 were expected, 21 occurred. Twelve men died of asbestosis. This landmark article appeared originally in this journal 188:22-26, 1964.

• OSTI ID: 6051335
• Report Number(s): CONF-630608-
• Journal Information: JAMA, J. Am. Med. Assoc.; (United States), Vol. 252:1; Conference: 112. annual meeting of the American Medical Association, Atlantic City, NJ, USA, 17 Jun 1963
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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