The national sheet metal worker asbestos disease screening program: Radiologic findings

This report presents data gathered from a series of asbestos disease screening examinations of 9,605 United States sheet metal workers who were first employed in the trade at least 20 years before the examination. The overall prevalence of asbestos‐related radiographic changes was 31.1%: 18.8% had p...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of industrial medicine 1994-05, Vol.25 (5), p.635-648
Hauptverfasser:	Welch, Laura S., Michaels, David, Zoloth, Stephen R.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	asbestosis B reader Biological and medical sciences Chemical and industrial products toxicology. Toxic occupational diseases cigarette smoking Inorganic dusts (pneumoconiosises) and organic dusts (byssinosis etc.) Medical sciences parenchymal abnormalities pleural abnormalities sheet metal workers shipyard worker Toxicology
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Zusammenfassung:	This report presents data gathered from a series of asbestos disease screening examinations of 9,605 United States sheet metal workers who were first employed in the trade at least 20 years before the examination. The overall prevalence of asbestos‐related radiographic changes was 31.1%: 18.8% had pleural abnormalities alone, 6.6% had parenchymal abnormalities (International Labour Office (ILO) score of 1/0 or higher) © 1994 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
ISSN:	0271-3586 1097-0274
DOI:	10.1002/ajim.4700250504