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- Title
Mortality in Miners and Millers of Crocidolite in Western Australia: Follow-up to 1999.
- Authors
MUSK, A. WILLIAM; DE KLERK, NICHOLAS H.; OLSEN, NOLA J.; HANSEN, JANICE; AMBROSINI, GINA L.; FRITSCHI, LIN; MERLER, ENZO; HOBBS, MICHAEL S. T.
- Abstract
Follow-up has continued on the cohort of miners and millers of crocidolite from Wittenoom Gorge in Western Australia. Previous analyses had indicated that the incidence of mesothelioma continued to rise exponentially past 40 yr after first exposure, but that fibres were cleared from the lungs with a half-life of ~7 yr. Success in follow-up has been improved through searches in Italy and in the Australian National Death Index. While the mesothelioma rate is still high, the incidence of the disease appears to have levelled out in this cohort.
- Subjects
WESTERN Australia; MESOTHELIOMA; ASBESTOS; RIEBECKITE; SOCIAL security
- Publication
Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 2002, Vol 46, p90
- ISSN
0003-4878
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/annhyg/46.suppl_1.90