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APPENDIX B Lineage and Design Properties of Studies on Cohorts Informative for Selected Cancers
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... APPENDIX B Lineage and Design Properties of Studies on Cohorts Informative for Selected Cancers 237
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... 238 ASBESTOS 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.
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... APPENDIX B 239 Temporal Definition Follow-Up Citationb alive and on asbestosis compensation 1/1/1980-10/30/1997 Germani et al.
From page 240...
... 240 ASBESTOS TABLE B.1 Continued Cohort Population (location-number, description) Type of Exposure Number of Workersa 6.
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... APPENDIX B 241 Temporal Definition Follow-Up Citationb employed in 1950, 1955 Braun and Truan (1958) 5 yrs exposure born 1881-1920; with >1 mo 11/1/1966 McDonald et al.
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... 17,800 male members 17,800 men in 1967 of asbestos insulation unions 12. Uxbridge, UK -- Cape amosite 4,820 male asbestos workers [insulation]
From page 243...
... APPENDIX B 243 Temporal Definition Follow-Up Citationb 1. members < 1943 1943-1962 Selikoff et al.
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... workers chrysotile 1°, crocidolite England asbestos textiles chrysotile 1°, crocidolite asbestos workers asbestos textiles chrysotile 1°, crocidolite asbestos textiles chrysotile, crocidolite chrysotile, crocidolite 3,222 men and 283 women 17. Charleston, SC, USA -- chrysotile asbestos textile workers chrysotile chrysotile 1,261 white men chrysotile 1,261 men chrysotile only 2,543 men (black and white, reason so much larger?
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... APPENDIX B 245 Temporal Definition Follow-Up Citationb 1946-1984, 1 mo 1996 Pira et al.
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... 246 ASBESTOS TABLE B.1 Continued Cohort Population (location-number, description) Type of Exposure Number of Workersa Asbestos Cement 18.
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... APPENDIX B 247 Temporal Definition Follow-Up Citationb 1943-1976 1976 Clemmensen and Hjalgrim-Jensen (1981) ever 1928-1984; alive 1943 1943-1984 Raffn et al.
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... 2,057 men products manufacture 2. 268 men 54 women Generic "Asbestos Workers" 29.
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... APPENDIX B 249 Temporal Definition Follow-Up Citationb 1/1/1950; > 1 yr 1985 Finkelstein (1989a) 1941-1979 1979 Newhouse et al.
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... England and Wales, UK -- various types of asbestos 31,150 men traced and national survey of examined of 33,079 total asbestos workers 35. US -- asbestos industry production or maintenance 1,464 men retirees service employees for asbestos company 1,348 men 65 yr old; full expo and job history amosite, chrysotile, 1,348 men crocidolite amosite, chrysotile, 1,075 men of above who crocidolite worked in US amosite, chrysotile, 1,074 men crocidolite
From page 251...
... APPENDIX B 251 Temporal Definition Follow-Up Citationb worked 4/1/1933-3/31/1964, > 1 mo 5/1/1965 Newhouse (1969) began 1936-1942 1968 Newhouse et al.
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... Genoa, Italy -- ship repair, asbestos one of many 2,348 men refitting, and construction toxic exposures asbestos one of many 2,190 men toxic exposures asbestos one of many 3,984 men toxic exposures 40. Gothenburg, Sweden -- shipyards sprayed mostly 272 men shipyard workers amosite; crocidolite used on 4 naval ships in 1950s shipyard insulation 248 workers asbestos and other 383 men (18 not fully IDed)
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... APPENDIX B 253 Temporal Definition Follow-Up Citationb 1950-1999 1999 Finkelstein and Verma (2004)


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