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3661537

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-11-5
pubmed:abstractText
The prevalence of occupational pleural thickening in the United States in the mid-1970s was estimated; since asbestos often produces pleural thickening, this estimate in turn was used to estimate the prevalence of asbestos exposure. Chest x-rays obtained by the 1971-1975 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were reread by three readers using the International Labour Office criteria for diagnosis of pleural thickening consistent with dust exposure. All 289 x-rays showing any pleural abnormalities plus a 3-to-1 age-, sex-, and race-matched control series were reread. Using two of three readings as "positive," and extrapolating to the US population from this defined sample, the authors showed that 2.3% of males and 0.2% of females had occupational pleural thickening on x-ray, with a strong increase with age in white males. This provides a US population estimate of 1.3 million people with occupational pleural thickening and approximately 8 million people with asbestos exposure in the mid-1970s. This cohort might make a substantial contribution to cancer mortality into the next century.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0002-9262
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
126
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
893-900
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
US prevalence of occupational pleural thickening. A look at chest X-rays from the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
pubmed:affiliation
Epidemiology Branch, NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article