The largest epidemiological study in the asbestos industry was that of the miners and millers (those who crush the rock and extract the fibres) in Southern Quebec. Some 11,000 males…
In the mesothelioma literature South Africa is known for its crocidolite mines through the seminal paper by Wagner (1960) which identified this rare tumour in people living and working in…
Sichletidis studied the disagreement that exists regarding the relationship between chrysotile exposure and mesothelioma or lung cancer. To do this he looked at the cause of death in workers who…
The 2000 paper by Hodgson and Darnton, HSE statisticians, was welcomed by some but heavily criticised by many respected asbestos scientists. However, this work remains the information source of choice…
This more recent analysis by Hodgson and others modelled the expected burden of mesothelioma mortality in Great Britain based on male mesothelioma deaths from 1968 to 2001 as a function…
While the main cause of lung cancer at the present time is cigarette smoking it can also result from occupational exposure to asbestos. Weiss reviewed studies of lung cancer in…
One of the most important, recent, epidemiological papers is by Yarborough. His study not only shows that: “[A] review of 71 asbestos cohorts exposed to free asbestos fibers does not…
