Table 3

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Panel B: Females: lung cancer cases born since 1940 and mesothelioma cases born since 1925. (The 11 mesotheliomas in women born 1925–1939 are included and also shown in brackets.)
Highest occupational exposure category	Asbestos lung burden (million fibres per dry gram)							Meso OR vs population controls*	Mean asbestos lung burden (million fibres per dry gram)
Highest occupational exposure category	0−	0.025−	0.05−	0.2−	0.5−	≥1.0	Total	Meso OR vs population controls*	Amosite	Crocidolite	Other amphiboles	Chrysotile	All asbestos
High−risk occupations
Mesothelioma	1 (1)	1 (1)	0	0			2 (2)	4.8	0.025	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.025
Lung cancer	3	1	0	0			4		0.010	0.000	0.000	0.003	0.013
Medium risk industrial
Mesothelioma	5 (1)	1 (1)	1	0			7 (2)	2.4	0.004	0.027	0.003	0.000	0.034
Lung cancer	20	1	4	0			25		0.012	0.002	0.003	0.002	0.019
Domestic exposure
Mesothelioma	2 (2)	0	2 (1)	3 (1)			7 (4)	1.9	0.103	0.077	0.004	0.003	0.186
Lung cancer	13	6	0	1			20		0.018	0.006	0.002	0.001	0.027
Low-risk occupations
Mesothelioma	5 (1)	0	4 (1)	1 (1)			10 (3)	1.0 (ref)	0.067	0.017	0.001	0.003	0.087
Lung cancer	26	3	2	0			31		0.009	0.002	0.002	0.001	0.013
Total
Mesothelioma	13 (5)	2 (2)	7 (2)	4 (2)			26 (11)		0.056	0.034	0.002	0.002	0.095
Lung cancer	62	11	6	1			80		0.012	0.003	0.003	0.001	0.019