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. 2015 Apr 30;112(11):1805–1815. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2014.599

Table 1. Study characteristics–mortality and incidence studies.

ID Reference (related papers) O Year Country Industry Asbestos type Gender Employment End of follow-up No of subjects
1 Selikoff 1979 (Selikoff et al, 1979) (Selikoff et al, 1964; Selikoff and Seidman, 1991; Selikoff et al, 1980) M 1979 USA Insulation workers (union) Ch, Am Men Union before 1943 1976 632
2 Acheson 1982. I (Acheson et al, 1982) M 1982 UK Manufacture of gas masks Ch Women From 1939 1980 570
3 Acheson 1982.I (Acheson et al, 1982) M 1982 UK Manufacture of gas masks Cr Women From 1939 1980 757
4 Acheson 1984 (Acheson et al, 1984) M 1984 UK Manufacture of insulation board Am Men 1947–1978 1980 5969
5 Olshon 1984 (Ohlson et al, 1984) M 1984 Sweden Railroad shop Mixed Men 1939–1980 1980 3442
6 Peto 1985.I (Peto et al, 1985) M 1985 UK Asbestos textile workers Ch, Cr Men 1916–1983 1983 145
7 Peto 1985.II (Peto et al, 1985) M 1985 UK Asbestos textile workers Ch, Cr Women 1916–1983 1983 283
8 Peto 1985.III (Peto et al, 1985) M 1985 UK Asbestos textile workers Ch, Cr Men 1916–1983 1983 3211
9 Gardner 1986 (Gardner et al, 1986) M 1986 UK asbestos cement factory Ch Men and women 1941–1983 1984 2167
10 Seidman 1986 (Seidman et al, 1986) M 1986 USA Insulation workers Am Men 1941–1945 1985 820
11 Amandus 1987 (Amandus and Wheeler, 1987) M 1987 USA Vermiculite miners and millers Tr-Ac Men Until 1970 1981 575
12 Enterline 1987 (Enterline et al, 1987) M 1987 USA Asbestos products company Ch, Cr, Am Men 1941–1967 1980 1074
13 Hughes 1987 (Hughes et al, 1987) M 1987 USA Asbestos cement factory Ch, Cr, Am Men Until 1970 1982 6931
14 Sanden 1987 (Sandén and Järvholm, 1987) I 1987 Sweden Shipyard workers Ch Men 1977–1979 1983 3787
15 Tola 1988 (Tola et al, 1988) I 1988 Finland Shipyard workers Mixed Men 1945–1960 1981 7775
16 Melkild 1989 (Melkild et al, 1989) I 1989 Norway Shipyard workers Ch Men 1946–1977 1986 4778
17 Raffn 1989 (Raffn et al, 1989) I 1989 Denmark Asbestos cement factory Mixed Men 1928–1984 1984 7996
18 Neuberger 1990 (Neuberger and Kundi, 1990) M 1990 Austria Asbestos cement factory Ch, Cr Men and women 1950–1981 1987 2816
19 Botta 1991 (Botta et al, 1991) M 1991 Italy Asbestos cement factory Ch, Cr Men and women 1950–1980 1986 3367
20 Selikoff 1991 (Selikoff and Seidman, 1991) (Selikoff et al, 1964; Selikoff et al, 1979; Selikoff et al, 1980) M 1991 USA/Canada Insulation workers (union) Ch, Am Men In union 1967 1987 17 800
21 Cheng 1992 (Cheng and Kong, 1992) M 1992 China Chrysolite asbestos products workers Ch Men and women Present in 1972 1987 1172
22 Sanden 1992 (Sandén et al, 1992) M 1992 Sweden Shipyard workers Ch Men 1977–1979 1987 3893
23 Danielsen 1993 (Danielsen et al, 1993) I 1993 Norway Shipyard production workers Ch Men 1940–1979 4571
24 Kogan 1993 (Kogan et al, 1993) M 1993 Russia Friction products Ch Men and women 1988 2834
25 Zhu 1993 (Zhu and Wang, 1993) M 1993 China Asbestos factory Ch Men and women 1986 5893
26 Meurman 1994 (Meurman et al, 1994) I 1994 Finland Asbestos miners An Men and women 1953–1967 1991 903
27 Liddell 1997 (Liddell et al, 1997) (McDonald et al, 1993; McDonald et al, 1980) M 1997 Canada Miners and millers Ch Men 1992 9780
28 Pang 1997 (Pang et al, 1997) M 1997 China Asbestos factory Ch Men and women Until 1972 1994 530
29 Levin 1998 (Levin et al, 1998) M 1998 USA Manufacture of asbestos pipe insulation Am Men Alive in 1964 1993 1121
30 Battista 1999 (Battista et al, 1999) M 1999 Italy Rail carriage construction and repair Ch, Cr Men 1945–1969 1997 734
31 Germani 1999 (Germani et al, 1999) M 1999 Italy Women compensated for asbestosis Ch, Cr Women Alive in 1979 1997 631
32 Karjalainen 1999.I (Karjalainen et al, 1999) I 1999 Finland Patients with asbestos-related pulmonary Mixed Men and women 1964–1995 1995 1376
33 Karjalainen 1999.II (Karjalainen et al, 1999) I 1999 Finland Patients with pleural fibrosis Mixed Men and women 1964–1995 1995 4887
34 Berry 2000 (Newhouse et al, 1985; Berry et al, 2000) M 2000 UK Asbestos factory Ch, Cr, Am Men and women 1933–1964 1936–1942 1980 5100
35 Szeszenia 2000 (Szeszenia-Dabrowska et al, 2000) M 2000 Poland Asbestos cement factory Ch, Cr Men Until 1980 1991 2525
36 Puntoni 2001 (Puntoni et al, 2001) M 2001 Italy Shipyard workers Mixed Men 1960–1981 1996 3984
37 LaProvote 2002 (de La Provôté et al, 2002) I 2002 France Manufacture fireproof textiles and friction materials Mixed Men and women Until 1978 1995 1820
38 Ulvestad 2002 (Ulvestad et al, 2002) I 2002 Norway Asbestos cement factory Mixed Men 1942–1976 1999 541
39 Szeszenia 2002 (Szeszenia-Dabrowska et al, 2002) M 2002 Poland Workers compensated for asbestosis Mixed Men 1970–1997 1999 907
40 Koskinen 2003 (Koskinen et al, 2003) I 2003 Finland Asbestos workers (screening campaign) Mixed Men and women 1992 24 215
41 Finkelstein 2004 (Finkelstein and Verma, 2004) M 2004 Canada Pipe trades workers (union) Mixed Men From 1949 1999 25 285
42 Reid 2004 (Armstrong et al, 1988; Reid et al, 2004) I 2004 Australia Crocidolite miners and millers Cr Men 1943–1966 1999 5685
43 Smailyte 2004 (Smailyte et al, 2004) I 2004 Lithuania Asbestos cement factory Ch Men and women Until 1978 2000 1887
44 Ulvestad 2004 (Ulvestad et al, 2004) I 2004 Norway insulation workers (union) Ch, Am Men 1930–1975 1999 1116
45 Wilczynska 2005 (Wilczynska et al, 2005) (Szeszenia-Dabrowska et al, 1991; Szeszenia-Dabrowska et al, 1988a; Szeszenia-Dabrowska et al, 1988b) M 2005 Poland Asbestos processing plant Mixed Men and women 1945–1980 1999 4187
46 Hein 2007 (Hein et al, 2007) (Brown et al, 1994; Dement et al, 1994; Dement et al, 1983) M 2007 USA Asbestos textile workers Ch Men and women 1940–1965 2001 3072
47 Krstev 2007 (Krstev et al, 2007) M 2007 USA Shipyard production workers Mixed Men and women 1950–1964 2001 4702
48 Pira 2007 (Pira et al, 2005, 2007) M 2007 Italy Asbestos textile workers Mixed Men and women 1946–1984 2004 1966
49 Frost 2008 (Frost et al, 2008) M 2008 GB Asbestos removal workers (campaign) Mixed Men and women From 1971 2005 52 387
50 Musk2008 (Musk et al, 2008) (Armstrong et al, 1988; Reid et al, 2004) M 2008 Australia crocidolite miners and millers Cr Men 1943–1966 2000 6943
51 Clin 2009 (Clin et al, 2009) I 2009 France Asbestos reprocessing plant (textile, friction) Mixed Men and women Before 1978 2004 2024
52 Harding 2009 (Hutchings et al, 1995; Harding et al, 2009) M 2009 UK Asbestos survey Mixed Men and women   2005 9811
53 Loomis 2009 (Loomis et al, 2009) M 2009 USA Asbestos textile workers Ch Men and women 1950–1973 2003 5770
54 Pira 2009 (Pira et al, 2009) (Piolatto et al, 1990; Rubino et al, 1979) M 2009 Italy Chrysotile asbestos miners Ch Men 1930–1975 1946 2003
55 Pesch 2010 (Pesch et al, 2010) M 2010 Germany Asbestos survey Mixed Men 1993–1995 2007 576

Abbreviations: -=not applicable; Am=Amosite; An=Anthophyllite; Ch=Chrysotile; Cr=Crocidolite; I=Incidence; M=Mortality; O=Outcome.