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Asbestos and cancer: An overview of current trends in Europe

In English

Författare

  • Maria Albin
  • C Magnani
  • S Krstev
  • E Rapiti
  • Ivetta Shefer

Summary, in English

This review assesses the contribution of occupational asbestos exposure to the occurrence of mesothelioma and lung cancer in Europe. Available information on national asbestos consumption, proportions of the population exposed, and exposure levels is summarized. Population-based studies from various European regions on occupational asbestos exposure, mesothelioma, and lung cancer are reviewed. Asbestos consumption in 1994 ranged, per capita, between 0. 004 kg in northern Europe and 2.4 kg in the former Soviet Union. Population surveys from northern Europe indicate that 15 to 30% of the male (and a few percent of the female) population has ever had occupational exposure to asbestos, mainly in construction (75% in Finland) or in shipyards. Studies on mesothelioma combining occupational history with biologic exposure indices indicate occupational asbestos exposure in 62 to 85% of the cases. Population attributable risks for lung cancer among males range between 2 and 50% for definite asbestos exposure. After exclusion of the most extreme values because of methodologic aspects, most of the remaining estimates are within the range of 10 to 20%. Estimates of women are lower. Extrapolation of the results to national figures would decrease the estimates. Norwegian estimates indicate that one-third of expected asbestos-related lung cancers might be avoided if former asbestos workers quit smoking. The combination of a current high asbestos consumption per capita, high exposure levels, and high underlying lung cancer rates in Central Europe and the former Soviet Union suggests that the lung cancers will arise from the smoking-asbestos interaction should be a major concern.

Publiceringsår

1999

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

289-298

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volym

107

Issue

Suppl. 2

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Ämne

  • Environmental Health and Occupational Health

Nyckelord

  • asbestos
  • lung cancer
  • mesothelioma
  • population attributable risk
  • proportion exposed

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1552-9924