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7580104

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-12-28
pubmed:abstractText
In the period from 1960 to 1990 about 1.4 million tonnes of asbestos were imported by the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) and mainly processed into asbestos-cement products for the building industry. The production was concentrated in the former counties of Magdeburg and Dresden. In the past, asbestos was primarily used as insulation and fire prevention material, etc. in the large-scale chemical industry. Chrysotile was predominantly imported from the former Soviet Union, partly from Canada. Very small amounts of amphiboles came from Mozambique, but they were not processed in the counties of Magdeburg and Halle. In the German Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt, approx. 600 asbestoses, almost 2,700 pleural changes caused by asbestos, 843 asbestos-induced mesotheliomas and 787 bronchial and laryngeal carcinomas caused by asbestos were recorded in the period from 1960 to 1990. A considerable percentage of the mesotheliomas are solely due to exposure to chrysotile asbestos.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0940-2993
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
173-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-10-30
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Asbestos-related diseases and asbestos types used in the former GDR.
pubmed:affiliation
Arztekommission für Staublungenkrankheiten Land Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article