|
Cohort Population (location—number, description)
|
Type of Exposure
|
Number of Workersa
|
|
Patients with Asbestos-Related Disease
|
|
|
-
Italy—
|
implied high exposure to asbestos
|
-
276 textile workers
|
|
631 women compensated for asbestosis
|
-
278 asbestos cement workers
|
-
mainly chrysotile
|
|
|
-
mainly crocidolite
|
|
-
Finland—
|
|
|
-
1,376 asbestosis patients
|
|
|
-
4,887 patients with pleural disease
|
|
|
-
Poland—
|
|
|
-
907 men with asbestosis
|
|
|
-
490 women with asbestosis
|
|
|
-
US clinical trial monitoring asbestos-exposed men
|
men with asbestos exposure in clinical trial of lung cancer prevention
|
1,839 asbestos-exposed (smoking-eligible) vs 7,924 heavy smokers (not asbestos-exposed)
|
|
Mining
|
|
|
-
Wittenoom Gorge, Western Australia
|
crocidolite
|
6,000 men
|
|
|
|
6,505 men
411 women
|
|
|
|
6,506 men
|
|
|
|
6,493 men
415 women
|
|
|
|
~5,700 men alive in 1980
|
