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Early Detection of Health Hazards Due to Asbestos Exposure.

PB83244434

Publication Date	1983
Personal Author	Beritic-Stahuljak, D.; Rossiter, C. E.; Skuric, Z.; Zuskin, E.
Page Count	230
Abstract	The main objectives of the investigation were to study the prevalence of non-specific respiratory symptoms in workers engaged in asbestos mining and processing, to assess lung function and radiological changes in these workers, and particularly, to study the relationship between concentration of airborne dust, length of exposure and total exposure on one, and pulmonary impairment on the other side. Two asbestos (chrysotile) mines, two factories producing asbestos-cement products and one factory manufacturing asbestos-textiles and friction materials were studied. A total of 1,242 asbestos workers were examined as well as a control group of 1,950 workers (801 men and 1,149 women) with no known exposure to asbestos and matching the study group in age and sex distribution and socioeconomic status. The ages of the asbestos workers were in the range 16-59 years and their duration of exposure to asbestos 1-27 years.
Keywords	Asbestos Environmental surveys Toxicology Chrysotile Respiratory diseases Industrial hygiene Dust Signs and symptoms Epidemiology Air pollution detection Occupational safety and health
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57Y - Toxicology 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 68A - Air Pollution & Control 41I - Job Environment 94D - Job Environment
Corporate Authors	Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, Zagreb (Yugoslavia). Dept. of Occupational Health.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored in part by National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	198324

Early Detection of Health Hazards Due to Asbestos Exposure.

Early Detection of Health Hazards Due to Asbestos Exposure.
PB83244434

Publication Date	1983
Personal Author	Beritic-Stahuljak, D.; Rossiter, C. E.; Skuric, Z.; Zuskin, E.
Page Count	230
Abstract	The main objectives of the investigation were to study the prevalence of non-specific respiratory symptoms in workers engaged in asbestos mining and processing, to assess lung function and radiological changes in these workers, and particularly, to study the relationship between concentration of airborne dust, length of exposure and total exposure on one, and pulmonary impairment on the other side. Two asbestos (chrysotile) mines, two factories producing asbestos-cement products and one factory manufacturing asbestos-textiles and friction materials were studied. A total of 1,242 asbestos workers were examined as well as a control group of 1,950 workers (801 men and 1,149 women) with no known exposure to asbestos and matching the study group in age and sex distribution and socioeconomic status. The ages of the asbestos workers were in the range 16-59 years and their duration of exposure to asbestos 1-27 years.
Keywords	Asbestos Environmental surveys Toxicology Chrysotile Respiratory diseases Industrial hygiene Dust Signs and symptoms Epidemiology Air pollution detection Occupational safety and health
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57Y - Toxicology 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 68A - Air Pollution & Control 41I - Job Environment 94D - Job Environment
Corporate Authors	Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, Zagreb (Yugoslavia). Dept. of Occupational Health.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored in part by National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	198324