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APPENDIX B
Lineage and Design Properties of Studies on Cohorts Informative for Selected Cancers

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B Lineage and Design Properties of Studies on Cohorts Informative for Selected Cancers." Institute of Medicine. 2006. Asbestos: Selected Cancers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11665.
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TABLE B.1 Lineage and Design Properties of Studies on Cohorts Informative for Selected Cancers

Cohort Population (location—number, description)

Type of Exposure

Number of Workersa

Patients with Asbestos-Related Disease

 

 

  1. Italy—

implied high exposure to asbestos

  1. 276 textile workers

631 women compensated for asbestosis

  1. 278 asbestos cement workers

  1. mainly chrysotile

 

  1. mainly crocidolite

 

  1. Finland—

 

 

  1. 1,376 asbestosis patients

 

 

  1. 4,887 patients with pleural disease

 

 

  1. Poland—

 

 

  1. 907 men with asbestosis

 

 

  1. 490 women with asbestosis

 

 

  1. 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

 

 

  1. 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

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B Lineage and Design Properties of Studies on Cohorts Informative for Selected Cancers." Institute of Medicine. 2006. Asbestos: Selected Cancers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11665.
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Temporal Definition

Follow-Up

Citationb

alive and on asbestosis compensation roles 12/31/1979

1/1/1980-10/30/1997

Germani et al. (1999)

1964-1995

1967-1995

Karjalainen et al. (1999)

diagnosed 1970-1997

1999

Szeszenia-Dabrowska et al. (2002)

 

prospective for 10-18 yrs (1984-2004)

Aliyu et al. (2005)

1943-1966

 

Hobbs et al. (1980)

1943-1966

1980

Armstrong et al. (1988)

1943-1966

1980

de Klerk et al. (1989)

1943-1966

2000

Berry et al. (2004)

1943-1966

1979-2000

Reid et al. (2004)

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B Lineage and Design Properties of Studies on Cohorts Informative for Selected Cancers." Institute of Medicine. 2006. Asbestos: Selected Cancers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11665.
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Cohort Population (location—number, description)

Type of Exposure

Number of Workersa

  1. Quebec, Canada—Asbestos and Thetford Mines

chrysotile

6,091 male miners

 

 

11,788 men and women

 

 

544

 

chrysotile, also exposed to crocidolite

workers at factory in Asbestos, Quebec

 

 

10,939 men

440 women

 

 

10,939 men

440 women

 

 

5,351 men surviving through 1976 of original 10,939 men

 

 

10,918 men

  1. Finland—Paakkila and Maljasalmi Mines

anthophyllite

1,092

 

anthophyllite

1,092

 

anthophyllite

736 men,

167 women

  1. Balangero, Italy

chrysotile

932

 

chrysotile

1,094

  1. Northern Transvaal, South Africa—North West Cape Blue and Penge Mines

  1. crocilodite

7,317 white men

  1. amosite

  1. 3,430

 

 

  1. 3,212

 

 

  1. 675 both

  1. Libby, MT, US— NIOSH sample

tremolite-actinolite

 

 

tremolite-actinolite

575 men

 

tremolite

1. 569 men 2. 406 men

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B Lineage and Design Properties of Studies on Cohorts Informative for Selected Cancers." Institute of Medicine. 2006. Asbestos: Selected Cancers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11665.
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Temporal Definition

Follow-Up

Citationb

employed in 1950, ≥ 5 yrs exposure

1955

Braun and Truan (1958)

born 1881-1920; with >1 mo working

11/1/1966

McDonald et al. (1971)

employees with ≥ 20 yr in 1961

1977

Nicholson et al. (1979)

born 1881-1920; with >1 mo working

1975

McDonald and Liddell (1979)

born 1881-1920; with >1 mo working

1975

McDonald et al. (1980)

born 1891-1920; with >1 mo before 1967

1975

Liddell et al. (1984)

born 1891-1920; with >1 mo working

1976-1988

McDonald et al. (1993)

born 1891-1920; with >1 mo working

1992

Liddell et al. (1997)

1/1/1936-6/30/1967, ≥ 3 mo

5/201969

Meurman et al. (1974)

1/1/1936-6/30/1967, ≥ 3 mo

9/1/1977

Meurman et al. (1979)

worked ≥ 3 mo 1/1/1936-6/30/1967; alive 1/1/1953

1953-1991

Meurman et al. (1994)

> 1 mo 1930-1965; alive 1/1/1946

1946-1975

Rubino et al. (1979)

1946-1987, > 1 yr

1987

Piolatto et al. (1990)

1945-1955

1980

Sluis-Cremer et al. (1992)

 

 

Amandus et al. (1987)

pre-1970; > 1 yr

1981

Amandus and Wheeler (1987)

1. pre-1970; > 1 yr 2. pre-1963; > 1 yr

1. 1981 2. June 1983

Amandus et al. (1988)

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B Lineage and Design Properties of Studies on Cohorts Informative for Selected Cancers." Institute of Medicine. 2006. Asbestos: Selected Cancers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11665.
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Cohort Population (location—number, description)

Type of Exposure

Number of Workersa

Insulation Manufacture / Insulators

  1. Canada/USA

 

  1. 632 men

 

 

  1. 632 men

 

 

  1. 17,800 men (including survivors of 1 and 2)

  1. 632 male insulation workers before 1943 in NY/NJ

 

  1. 632 men

 

 

  1. 833 men

 

 

  1. 17,800 men

 

 

17,800 men

 

 

17,800 men

  1. Paterson, NJ, US— 820 men producing amosite asbestos insulation for shipbuilding

amosite

820 men

 

amosite

820 men

 

 

17,800 men

  1. 17,800 male members in 1967 of asbestos insulation unions

 

17,800 men

  1. Uxbridge, UK—Cape [insulation] Boards Plant

amosite

4,820 male asbestos workers

 

amosite

4,825 men

 

1947-1973 amosite and small amt chrysotile; 1973 only amosite

autopsies on 48 workers

  1. East London, UK—1,400 male laggers [subgroups 1 and 2 make up population 32]

crocidolite, amosite and chrysotile

  1. ~3,000 male factory workers

 

 

  1. ~700 female factory

 

 

  1. ~1,400 laggers (insulators)

  1. Tyler, TX, US—753 white male asbestos pipe-insulation plant workers

amosite

753 white men

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B Lineage and Design Properties of Studies on Cohorts Informative for Selected Cancers." Institute of Medicine. 2006. Asbestos: Selected Cancers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11665.
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Temporal Definition

Follow-Up

Citationb

1. members < 1943

1943-1962

Selikoff et al. (1964)

1. members < 1943

1. 1943-1971

Selikoff (1974)

3. in union 1/1/1967

3. 1967-1971

 

1. members < 1943

1. 1943-1976

Selikoff et al. (1979)

2. joined 1943-1962

2. hire date—1976

 

3. in union 1/1/1967

3. 1967-1976

 

in union 1/1/1967

1967-1976

Selikoff et al. (1980)

in union 1/1/1967

1967-1979

Seidman et al. (1982)

1941-1945

1985

Seidman et al. (1986)

1941-1945

1988

Ribak et al. (1989)

in union 1/1/1967

1967-1986

Seidman and Selikoff (1990)

in union 1/1/1967

1967-1986

Selikoff and Seidman (1991)

1947-1979

1947-1980

Acheson et al. (1984)

1947-1979

1986

Gardner et al. (1988)

 

 

Gibbs et al. (1994)

1 and 3. began 4/1/1933-3/31/1964,

1980

Berry et al. (2000)

> 1 mo

 

 

2. began 1936-1942 workers

 

 

worked at plant during operation (1954-1972) or during clean-up; alive in 1964

1964-1993

Levin et al. (1998)

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B Lineage and Design Properties of Studies on Cohorts Informative for Selected Cancers." Institute of Medicine. 2006. Asbestos: Selected Cancers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11665.
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Cohort Population (location—number, description)

Type of Exposure

Number of Workersa

Asbestos Textile Workers

 

 

  1. Italy—889 male and 1,077 female textile workers

 

889 men, 1,077 women

  1. Rochdale, Northern England

asbestos (textile) workers

chrysotile 1°, crocidolite

 

asbestos textiles

chrysotile 1°, crocidolite

 

asbestos workers

 

 

asbestos textiles

chrysotile 1°, crocidolite

 

asbestos textiles

chrysotile, crocidolite

 

chrysotile, crocidolite

3,222 men and 283 women

  1. Charleston, SC, USA— asbestos textile workers

chrysotile

 

 

chrysotile

 

 

chrysotile

1,261 white men

 

chrysotile

1,261 men

 

chrysotile only

2,543 men (black and white, reason so much larger?)

 

chrysotile

3,022 subjects;

 

 

  1. 1,247 white men

 

 

  1. 546 black men

 

 

  1. 1,229 white women

 

chrysotile

3,022 subjects;

 

 

  1. 1,247 white men

 

 

  1. 546 black men

 

 

  1. 1,229 white women

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B Lineage and Design Properties of Studies on Cohorts Informative for Selected Cancers." Institute of Medicine. 2006. Asbestos: Selected Cancers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11665.
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Temporal Definition

Follow-Up

Citationb

1946-1984, ≥ 1 mo

1996

Pira et al. (2005)

113 men

> 20 yr completed 1922-1953

Doll (1955)

1. 198 men

1. > 20 yr completed 1916-1961

Knox et al. (1965)

2. 427 men and 175 women

2. > 10 yr expo; hired > 1932

 

113 men

 

Hill et al. (1966)

878: 658 men and 220 women

1916-1966, > 10 yrs

Knox et al. (1968)

1,106

1916-1972

Peto et al. (1977)

1916-1983

6/30/1983

Peto et al. (1985)

 

 

Dement et al. (1982)

1930-1975

 

Dement et al. (1983a)

1940-1975, > 1 mo

1975

Dement et al. (1983b)

1940-1975

1975

Finkelstein (1984)

> 1 mo working before 1958

1977

McDonald et al. (1983)

1940-1975

1990

Brown et al. (1994)

1940-1975

1990

Dement et al. (1994)

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B Lineage and Design Properties of Studies on Cohorts Informative for Selected Cancers." Institute of Medicine. 2006. Asbestos: Selected Cancers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11665.
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Cohort Population (location—number, description)

Type of Exposure

Number of Workersa

Asbestos Cement

 

 

  1. Denmark—Danish Eternit Ltd. cement factory

chrysotile, crocidolite and amosite

5,686 men

 

chrysotile mostly (only < 1946), amosite, crocilodite

7,979 men

583 women

 

mainly chrysotile; amosite, crocilodite

7,887 men

576 women

 

 

7,887 men,

576 women

  1. Emilia Romagna, Italy— 10 cement factories

chrysotile, crocidolite

3,341

  1. Casale Monferrato, Italy —asbestos cement production

crocidolite and chrysotile

2,608 men

759 women

 

chrysotile, crocidolite

2,605 men

762 woman

  1. Lithuainia—Daugeliai and Akmene Factories

chrysotile—almost only

1,285 men

602 women

  1. Southern Sweden— asbestos cement plant

 

 

 

>95% chrysotile; crocidolite and amosite

1,929 men

 

 

981 male asbestos cement workers

  1. Tamworth, England, UK—TAC Construction Materials Ltd.

chrysotile—almost only

1,510 men

657 women

  1. New Orleans, LA, US—workers at two asbestos cement plants

primarily chrysotile,

 

 

  1. some crocidolite and amosite

  1. 1,898 men at plant 1

 

  1. crocidolite

  1. 3,594 men at plant 2

 

chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite

839 men

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B Lineage and Design Properties of Studies on Cohorts Informative for Selected Cancers." Institute of Medicine. 2006. Asbestos: Selected Cancers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11665.
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Temporal Definition

Follow-Up

Citationb

1943-1976

1976

Clemmensen and Hjalgrim-Jensen (1981)

ever 1928-1984; alive 1943

1943-1984

Raffn et al. (1989)

1928-1984

1943-1990

Raffn et al. (1996)

1928-1984

1943-1990

Raffn et al. (1998)

1952-1987

1989

Giaroli et al. (1994)

worked anytime 1950-1980

1964-4/15/1986

Botta et al. (1991)

worked anytime 1950-1980

1965-1993

Magnani et al. (1996)

pre-1978

2000

Smailyte et al. (2004a)

1907-

1985

Albin et al. (1988)

1907-1977

1986

Albin et al. (1990)

> 1 yr employed; 15 yrs latency

1958-1989

Jakobsson et al. (1994)

1941-1983

1984

Gardner et al. (1986)

employed before 1970; 20 yr latency

Oct 1980

Hughes et al. (1987)

had clinical exam in 1969 with x-ray

1983

Hughes and Weill (1991)

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B Lineage and Design Properties of Studies on Cohorts Informative for Selected Cancers." Institute of Medicine. 2006. Asbestos: Selected Cancers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11665.
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Cohort Population (location—number, description)

Type of Exposure

Number of Workersa

Friction Materials

 

 

  1. Ontario, Canada—two automotive parts factories

 

1,314 men

343 women

  1. Ferodo, UK—friction materials factory

crocidolite, chrysolite

9,113 men

4,347 women

 

chrysotile; some crocidolite <1945

13,460

 

crocidolite, chrysolite

9,104 men

4,346 women

 

chrysotile

9,104 men

4,346 women

  1. USSR

chrysotile

  1. 156

 

 

  1. 2,834

  1. New York, US—friction products manufacture

chrysotile

  1. 2,057 men

 

 

  1. 268 men

54 women

Generic “Asbestos Workers”

 

 

  1. China—eight asbestos factories

chrysotile

5,893 men and women

  1. Qingdao, China—asbestos plant

chrysotile

160 men

370 women

  1. Federal Republic of Germany—asbestos- related workers from national register

(smoking info)

3,735 men and women

 

 

  1. 665 exposure ended <1972

 

 

  1. 3,070 exposure ended >1971

 

 

616 women

 

 

3,372 men

616 women

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B Lineage and Design Properties of Studies on Cohorts Informative for Selected Cancers." Institute of Medicine. 2006. Asbestos: Selected Cancers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11665.
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Temporal Definition

Follow-Up

Citationb

1/1/1950; > 1 yr

1985

Finkelstein (1989a)

1941-1979

1979

Newhouse et al. (1982)

1942-1979

1979

Berry and Newhouse (1983)

1941-1979

1986

Newhouse and Sullivan (1989)

1941-1986

1986

Berry (1994)

1. working in FP shop 1/1/1966

1. 1984

Kogan et al. (1993)

2. Yoroslavl plant, > 3yr

2. 1949-1988

 

1. ?

1. 1937-1980

Parnes (1990)

2. current employees

 

 

worked > 15 yr

1986

Zhu and Wang (1993)

pre-1972; > 1 yr

1994

Pang et al. (1997)

> 3 yrs expo before1977

1977-1982

Woitowitz et al. (1986)

> 3 yrs expo before 1977

1977-1988

Rosler et al. (1994)

 

1977-1988?

Rosler and Woitowitz (1995)

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B Lineage and Design Properties of Studies on Cohorts Informative for Selected Cancers." Institute of Medicine. 2006. Asbestos: Selected Cancers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11665.
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Cohort Population (location—number, description)

Type of Exposure

Number of Workersa

  1. East London, UK—3000 male and 700 female asbestos factory workers [subgroup 3 makes up population 13]

crocidolite, small amount chrysotile, amosite after 1926

4,835 men 922 women after limit cohort to enhance tracking

 

crocidolite, amosite and chrysotile

>4,000 workers 1,327 severe expo

 

crocidolite, amosite and chrysotile

  1. 3,232 male factory workers

 

  1. 922 female factory workers

 

 

  1. 1,368 male laggers

 

crocidolite, amosite and chrysotile

  1. ~3,000 male factory workers

 

 

  1. 932 female factory workers

 

 

  1. ~1,400 laggers

 

crocidolite, amosite and chrysotile

  1. ~3,000 male factory workers

 

 

  1. 932 female factory workers

 

 

  1. ~1,400 laggers

  1. Lancashire, UK—gas mask manufacture

chrysotile and crocidolite

1,327 women

  1. England and Wales, UK— national survey of asbestos workers

various types of asbestos

31,150 men traced and examined of 33,079 total

  1. US—asbestos industry retirees

production or maintenance service employees for asbestos company

1,464 men

 

 

1,348 men 65 yr old; full expo and job history

 

amosite, chrysotile, crocidolite

1,348 men

 

amosite, chrysotile, crocidolite

1,075 men of above who worked in US

 

amosite, chrysotile, crocidolite

1,074 men

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B Lineage and Design Properties of Studies on Cohorts Informative for Selected Cancers." Institute of Medicine. 2006. Asbestos: Selected Cancers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11665.
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Temporal Definition

Follow-Up

Citationb

worked 4/1/1933-3/31/1964, > 1 mo began 1936-1942

5/1/1965 1968

Newhouse (1969)

Newhouse et al. (1972)

worked 4/1/1933-3/31/1964, > 1 mo

 

Newhouse and Berry (1973)

1 and 3. began 4/1/1933-3/31/1964

1975

Newhouse and Berry (1979)

2. began 1936-1942

 

1 and 3. began 4/1/1933-3/31/1964

1980

Newhouse et al. (1985b)

2. began 1936-1942

 

 

1 and 3. began 4/1/1933-3/31/1964,

1980

Berry et al. (2000)

> 1 mo

 

 

2. began 1936-1942

 

 

1939

1951-1980

Acheson et al. (1982)

asbestos work first before 1969 or only after 1969 (max 12 yr latency)

1981

Hodgson and Jones (1986)

retired 1941-1967

1969

Enterline et al. (1972)

1941-1967

1969

Enterline et al. (1973)

1941-1967

1969

Enterline and Henderson (1973)

1941-1967

1973

Henderson and Enterline (1979)

1941-1967

1980

Enterline et al. (1987)

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B Lineage and Design Properties of Studies on Cohorts Informative for Selected Cancers." Institute of Medicine. 2006. Asbestos: Selected Cancers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11665.
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Cohort Population (location—number, description)

Type of Exposure

Number of Workersa

Other Occupations with Substantial Asbestos Exposure

  1. Ontario, Canada— members of plumbers’ and pipe fitters’ union

 

25,285 men

  1. Finland—7,775 male shipyard workers

asbestos one of many toxic exposures

12,693 men:

1,689 welders,

4,308 platers,

6,003 machinists,

693 pipe fitters

(608 in shipyard)

  1. Tuscany, Italy—railway carriage construction and repair

chrysotile, crocidolite

734 men

  1. Genoa, Italy—ship repair, refitting, and construction

asbestos one of many toxic exposures

2,348 men

 

asbestos one of many toxic exposures

2,190 men

 

asbestos one of many toxic exposures

3,984 men

  1. Gothenburg, Sweden— shipyard workers

shipyards sprayed mostly amosite; crocidolite used on 4 naval ships in 1950s

272 men

 

shipyard insulation workers

248

 

asbestos and other potenially toxic agents (metal fumes and solvents)

383 men (18 not fully IDed)

 

handled chrysotile (around spraying of amosite, some crocidolite); asbestos use stopped in 1972

3,902 participated in health program 1977-1979 (self-selected for belief ever exposed to asbestos)

 

chrysotile, mainly

3,893

aNumber of subjects with information necessary for analysis (as used in this report’s meta-analyses and reported in tables in Appendix D) may have been less.

bFull citations can be found in the reference list for Chapter 6.

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B Lineage and Design Properties of Studies on Cohorts Informative for Selected Cancers." Institute of Medicine. 2006. Asbestos: Selected Cancers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11665.
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Temporal Definition

Follow-Up

Citationb

1950-1999

1999

Finkelstein and Verma (2004)

1945-1960, > 1 yr

1953-1981

Tola et al. (1988) [incidence]

1945-1969

1970-1997

Battista et al. (1999)

worked any time before 1952; alive 1960

1960-1969

Puntoni et al. (1977)

worked any time 1960-1970

1960-1975

Puntoni et al. (1979)

worked any time 1960-1980

1960-1995

Puntoni et al. (2001)

active in union 1970

1970-1979

Sanden et al. (1984)

 

1970-1994

Jarvholm and Sanden (1988)

insured worker dying 1960-1979 at 40-67 yrs of age

 

Sanden et al. (1985)

 

1978-1983

Sanden and Jarvholm (1987) [incidence]

 

 

Sanden et al. (1992)

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B Lineage and Design Properties of Studies on Cohorts Informative for Selected Cancers." Institute of Medicine. 2006. Asbestos: Selected Cancers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11665.
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In conjunction with drafting comprehensive legislation concerning compensation for health effects related to asbestos exposure (the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Act), the Senate Committee on the Judiciary directed the Institute of Medicine to assemble the Committee on Asbestos: Selected Health Effects. This committee was charged with addressing whether asbestos exposure is causally related to adverse health consequences in addition to asbestosis, mesothelioma, and lung cancer. Asbestos: Selected Cancers presents the committee's comprehensive distillation of the peer-reviewed scientific and medical literature regarding association between asbestos and colorectal, laryngeal, esophageal, pharyngeal, and stomach cancers.

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