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. 1980 Feb;34:1–11. doi: 10.1289/ehp.80341

Epidemiology of asbestos-related diseases.

R A Lemen, J M Dement, J K Wagoner
PMCID: PMC1568524  PMID: 6993197

Abstract

This paper is intended to give the reader an overview of the epidemiology of asbestos-related diseases and is restricted to primarily occupational exposure studies. However, some mention of nonoccupational exposures are made because of their direct relationship to a worker or to a secondary occupational source. Over 100 epidemiological studies are reviewed, dating back to the first case of asbestos-associated disease reported by Montague Murray in 1906. The studies are divided by specific fiber type and by specific disease outcomes and the interaction of asbestos and cigarette smoking is discussed in great detail.

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