International Expert Meeting on New Advances in the Radiology and Screening of Asbestos-Related Diseases

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• Personal Author:
  Tossavainen A
• Description:
  Despite international and national actions, occupational exposure to asbestos in industrialized countries continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality from both lung cancer and mesothelioma. Up to 20 000 asbestos- related lung cancers and 10 000 mesotheliomas occur annually across the population of western Europe, Scandinavia, North America, Japan, and Australia (combined population about 800 million). The cancer incidence is expected to peak between 2010 and 2020 in these countries despite regulatory restrictions on the use of asbestos or bans imposed during the 1980s and 1990s. About half of all mesothelioma cases will occur in construction workers. Currently, over 70% of world asbestos production is used in eastern Europe and Asia, and, therefore, asbestos-related diseases are likely to continue in these regions at least into the middle of the 21st century. As a consequence of past, current, and future exposures to asbestos, a world-wide epidemic of asbestos-related diseases will continue to result in the loss of work ability, years of healthy life and quality of life for workers and their families. Because the national incidence of mesothelioma can be correlated with the per capita consumption of asbestos, the burden of asbestos-related cancers constitutes a compelling case for the prohibition of the production and use of all asbestos types, not only across industrialized countries (where epidemiologic data are available), but also throughout eastern Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia (ie, a world-wide phase-out). About 15 industrialized countries, including countries in the European Union, have already banned asbestos as advocated by international scientific and occupational health authorities. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Inorganic Chemicals Lung Lung Diseases Neoplasms Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Asbestosis Author Keywords: Anthropology Degree Of Evidence Ethics High-risk Groups Lung Cancer Mesothelioma Population Impact
• ISSN:
  0355-3140
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  449-454
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052414
• Citation:
  Scand J Work Environ Health 2000 Sep/Oct; 26(5):449-454
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr. Annti Tossavainen, Department of Industrial Hygeine and Toxicology, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A, FIN-00250, Helsinki, Finland
• Email:
  atos@occuphealth.fi
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4605ea39eb637d2a50b06ef11171ab037f761b0565b8e798b946d3353a678f490e5356561cb506410399e89fde4c56c66ed28a943d0572bca09907f1325f882d
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211942/cdc_211942_DS1.pdf
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