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 |
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implied high exposure to asbestos |
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631 women compensated for asbestosis |
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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 |
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crocidolite |
6,000 men |
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6,505 men 411 women |
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6,506 men |
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6,493 men 415 women |
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~5,700 men alive in 1980 |
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) |
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prospective for 10-18 yrs (1984-2004) |
Aliyu et al. (2005) |
1943-1966 |
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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) |
Cohort Population (location—number, description) |
Type of Exposure |
Number of Workersa |
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chrysotile |
6,091 male miners |
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11,788 men and women |
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544 |
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chrysotile, also exposed to crocidolite |
workers at factory in Asbestos, Quebec |
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10,939 men 440 women |
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10,939 men 440 women |
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5,351 men surviving through 1976 of original 10,939 men |
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10,918 men |
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anthophyllite |
1,092 |
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anthophyllite |
1,092 |
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anthophyllite |
736 men, 167 women |
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chrysotile |
932 |
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chrysotile |
1,094 |
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7,317 white men |
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tremolite-actinolite |
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tremolite-actinolite |
575 men |
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tremolite |
1. 569 men 2. 406 men |
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) |
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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) |
Cohort Population (location—number, description) |
Type of Exposure |
Number of Workersa |
Insulation Manufacture / Insulators |
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17,800 men |
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17,800 men |
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amosite |
820 men |
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amosite |
820 men |
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17,800 men |
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17,800 men |
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amosite |
4,820 male asbestos workers |
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amosite |
4,825 men |
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1947-1973 amosite and small amt chrysotile; 1973 only amosite |
autopsies on 48 workers |
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crocidolite, amosite and chrysotile |
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amosite |
753 white men |
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 |
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1. members < 1943 |
1. 1943-1976 |
Selikoff et al. (1979) |
2. joined 1943-1962 |
2. hire date—1976 |
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3. in union 1/1/1967 |
3. 1967-1976 |
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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) |
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Gibbs et al. (1994) |
1 and 3. began 4/1/1933-3/31/1964, |
1980 |
Berry et al. (2000) |
> 1 mo |
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2. began 1936-1942 workers |
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worked at plant during operation (1954-1972) or during clean-up; alive in 1964 |
1964-1993 |
Levin et al. (1998) |
Cohort Population (location—number, description) |
Type of Exposure |
Number of Workersa |
Asbestos Textile Workers |
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889 men, 1,077 women |
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asbestos (textile) workers |
chrysotile 1°, crocidolite |
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asbestos textiles |
chrysotile 1°, crocidolite |
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asbestos workers |
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asbestos textiles |
chrysotile 1°, crocidolite |
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asbestos textiles |
chrysotile, crocidolite |
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chrysotile, crocidolite |
3,222 men and 283 women |
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chrysotile |
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chrysotile |
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chrysotile |
1,261 white men |
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chrysotile |
1,261 men |
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chrysotile only |
2,543 men (black and white, reason so much larger?) |
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chrysotile |
3,022 subjects; |
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chrysotile |
3,022 subjects; |
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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 |
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113 men |
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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) |
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Dement et al. (1982) |
1930-1975 |
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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) |
Cohort Population (location—number, description) |
Type of Exposure |
Number of Workersa |
Asbestos Cement |
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chrysotile, crocidolite and amosite |
5,686 men |
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chrysotile mostly (only < 1946), amosite, crocilodite |
7,979 men 583 women |
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mainly chrysotile; amosite, crocilodite |
7,887 men 576 women |
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7,887 men, 576 women |
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chrysotile, crocidolite |
3,341 |
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crocidolite and chrysotile |
2,608 men 759 women |
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chrysotile, crocidolite |
2,605 men 762 woman |
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chrysotile—almost only |
1,285 men 602 women |
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>95% chrysotile; crocidolite and amosite |
1,929 men |
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981 male asbestos cement workers |
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chrysotile—almost only |
1,510 men 657 women |
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primarily chrysotile, |
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chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite |
839 men |
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) |
Cohort Population (location—number, description) |
Type of Exposure |
Number of Workersa |
Friction Materials |
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1,314 men 343 women |
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crocidolite, chrysolite |
9,113 men 4,347 women |
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chrysotile; some crocidolite <1945 |
13,460 |
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crocidolite, chrysolite |
9,104 men 4,346 women |
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chrysotile |
9,104 men 4,346 women |
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chrysotile |
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chrysotile |
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54 women |
Generic “Asbestos Workers” |
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chrysotile |
5,893 men and women |
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chrysotile |
160 men 370 women |
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(smoking info) |
3,735 men and women |
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616 women |
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3,372 men 616 women |
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 |
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1. ? |
1. 1937-1980 |
Parnes (1990) |
2. current employees |
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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) |
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1977-1988? |
Rosler and Woitowitz (1995) |
Cohort Population (location—number, description) |
Type of Exposure |
Number of Workersa |
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crocidolite, small amount chrysotile, amosite after 1926 |
4,835 men 922 women after limit cohort to enhance tracking |
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crocidolite, amosite and chrysotile |
>4,000 workers 1,327 severe expo |
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crocidolite, amosite and chrysotile |
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crocidolite, amosite and chrysotile |
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crocidolite, amosite and chrysotile |
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chrysotile and crocidolite |
1,327 women |
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various types of asbestos |
31,150 men traced and examined of 33,079 total |
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production or maintenance service employees for asbestos company |
1,464 men |
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1,348 men 65 yr old; full expo and job history |
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amosite, chrysotile, crocidolite |
1,348 men |
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amosite, chrysotile, crocidolite |
1,075 men of above who worked in US |
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amosite, chrysotile, crocidolite |
1,074 men |
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 |
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Newhouse and Berry (1973) |
1 and 3. began 4/1/1933-3/31/1964 |
1975 |
Newhouse and Berry (1979) |
2. began 1936-1942 |
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1 and 3. began 4/1/1933-3/31/1964 |
1980 |
Newhouse et al. (1985b) |
2. began 1936-1942 |
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1 and 3. began 4/1/1933-3/31/1964, |
1980 |
Berry et al. (2000) |
> 1 mo |
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2. began 1936-1942 |
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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) |
Cohort Population (location—number, description) |
Type of Exposure |
Number of Workersa |
Other Occupations with Substantial Asbestos Exposure |
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25,285 men |
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asbestos one of many toxic exposures |
12,693 men: 1,689 welders, 4,308 platers, 6,003 machinists, 693 pipe fitters (608 in shipyard) |
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chrysotile, crocidolite |
734 men |
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asbestos one of many toxic exposures |
2,348 men |
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asbestos one of many toxic exposures |
2,190 men |
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asbestos one of many toxic exposures |
3,984 men |
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shipyards sprayed mostly amosite; crocidolite used on 4 naval ships in 1950s |
272 men |
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shipyard insulation workers |
248 |
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asbestos and other potenially toxic agents (metal fumes and solvents) |
383 men (18 not fully IDed) |
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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) |
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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. |
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) |
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1970-1994 |
Jarvholm and Sanden (1988) |
insured worker dying 1960-1979 at 40-67 yrs of age |
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Sanden et al. (1985) |
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1978-1983 |
Sanden and Jarvholm (1987) [incidence] |
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Sanden et al. (1992) |