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. 2023 Feb 13;89(1):11. doi: 10.5334/aogh.4012

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Mesothelioma risk for selected countries by age and asbestos consumption — Country-specific relative risk (RR) of malignant mesothelioma and pooled meta-analytical curves (in red) and 95% confidence intervals (in grey) by age (upper), asbestos consumption at lag 30 years (middle), lag at 3.8 tons/10,000 inhabitants of asbestos exposure (bottom). Baselines for RR are set to 50 years for age, and 0 for both exposure-response and lag-response. Country abbreviations are the following: Australia (AU), Belgium (BE), Canada (CAN), Germany (DE), Spain (ES), France (FR), Italy (IT), Japan (JP), Poland (PL), Republic of Korea (ROK), United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (US).