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Appendix A: Asbestos Exposure and Human Disease. Hallmark Observations and Studies from 1898-1979
Pages 237-243

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From page 237...
... Author originated term anbestosis and cited experimental pathology studies indicating that asbestos dust causes fibrosis in the lungs of guinea pigs. Asbestosis First major reviews of asbentosis.
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From page 238...
... Greater attack 1933, 1934 rate in mills may be related to the "ability of the fiber to split longitudinally into fibrils creating respirable dust." Asbestosis Lang cancer Primary lung cancer found at autopsy in two Gloyne, 1935 female textile workers with asbe~tosis. Asbesto- Primary lung cancer in Den employed in textile Lynch and silicosis plants in South Carolina.
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From page 239...
... Incidence data indicated a standardlsed mortality ratio (SMR) of almost 14; 11 observed, 0.8 expected for lung cancer in workers employed before Protective standards" of the Asbestos Regulations Act of 1931.
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From page 240...
... Histo logical evidence of asbestosis was not present in all cases. Pleural plaques Pleural fibrosis and calcification -- stigmata Ki~riluoto, Environmental Connally associated with fibrous dust insult -- 1960 stigmata were found in a population ll~lag in a region of Finland where anthophyllite asbestos was mined and milled.
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From page 241...
... Disease or Benchmark Contributlon to the Field Lung cancer and cigarette smoking Pleura asbestosi~ Pu1mor~ ry asbestosis Household exposures Eat rapulmonary cancers Multiple cancer in single hos to Fiber dose, latency, rink References _ Stridence suggested that cigarette - Poking as"atos workers had a greatly increased risk of developing lung cancer as compared to nonsmoking worlmates. The risk appeared to be multiplicati~re -- the product of both smoking and asbestos risks.
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... 1929. Asbestos dust and the curious bodies found in pulmonary asbestosis.
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... 1960. Diffuse pleural mesothelioma and asbestos exposure in the Northwestern Cape Province.
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