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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurotoxicology. 2012 Jan 31;33(4):683–686. doi: 10.1016/j.neuro.2012.01.003

Table.

Exposure details of 13 Mn miners on whom MRI scans were completed

Case
no.
Age
at
death
Mn mining history Other mining history Time between
death and last Mn
exposure (years)
Dates No. years Commodity No. years
1 60 1987-2006 20.0 Asbestos 10 4
Lime 1
2 57 1978-2009 21.5 - - 1
3 67 1976-1993 16.0 Asbestos 1 17
4 53 2008-2010 1.2 Diamond 29 0
5 39 1996-2010 14 - - 0
6 54 1984-1989 5 Asbestos 0.5 21
7 65 1979-1980
1982-1988
7 Asbestos
Gold
Platinum
5
1
7
22
8 50 1995-1999
2003-2005
6 Asbestos 12 5
9 67 1974-1975
1985
2 Asbestos
Diamond
2
10
25
10 46 2002-2009 7.5 Asbestos 2 0
11 62 1977-2010 31 Asbestos
Copper
2
1
12 70 1981a unknown Asbestos Unknown 0
13 46 1988-2011 22 - - 0
a

Only information available indicates working in Mn mine in 1981; start and end dates and duration unknown.