Cancer incidence among workers in the asbestos-cement producing industry in Norway

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Bente Ulvestad · Cancer Registry of Norway

Kristina Kjærheim · Cancer Registry of Norway

Jan Ivar Martinsen · Cancer Registry of Norway

Grete Damberg

Axel Wannag

Gunnar Mowé

Aage Andersen · Cancer Registry of Norway

Abstract

This study showed a high incidence of mesothelioma and a high ratio of mesothelioma to lung cancer among asbestos-cement workers. The high incidence of mesothelioma was probably due to the fact that a relatively high proportion of amphiboles was used in the production process.

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Occupational and environmental lung diseases Occupational exposure and asthma Air Quality and Health Impacts

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Published in: Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health

Volume 28, Issue 6, pp. 411-417

DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.693

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Cancer incidence among workers in the asbestos-cement producing industry in Norway

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