Ecological association between asbestos-related diseases and historical asbestos consumption: an international analysis

Summary Background The potential for a global epidemic of asbestos-related diseases is a growing concern. Our aim was to assess the ecological association between national death rates from diseases associated with asbestos and historical consumption of asbestos. Methods We calculated, for all countr...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Lancet (British edition) 2007-03, Vol.369 (9564), p.844-849
Hauptverfasser:	Lin, Ro-Ting, MSc, Takahashi, Ken, Prof, Karjalainen, Antti, MD, Hoshuyama, Tsutomu, MD, Wilson, Donald, MD, Kameda, Takashi, MD, Chan, Chang-Chuan, Prof, Wen, Chi-Pang, MD, Furuya, Sugio, BA, Higashi, Toshiaki, Prof, Chien, Lung-Chang, MS, Ohtaki, Megu, Prof
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Analysis Asbestos Asbestosis Asbestosis - history Asbestosis - mortality Biological and medical sciences Consumption Data analysis Data collection Death Deaths Disease Diseases Ecological association Ecological monitoring Ecological studies Environmental Exposure - history Environmental Exposure - statistics & numerical data Epidemics Fatalities Female Gastric cancer General aspects Global Health History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Humans Internal Medicine Lung cancer Male Medical sciences Men Mesothelioma Mesothelioma - history Mesothelioma - mortality Mortality Occupational safety Peritoneal Neoplasms - history Peritoneal Neoplasms - mortality Peritoneum Population Regression Analysis Sex Sex Distribution
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