PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Wagner, J. C. AU - Sleggs, C. A. AU - Marchand, Paul TI - Diffuse Pleural Mesothelioma and Asbestos Exposure in the North Western Cape Province AID - 10.1136/oem.17.4.260 DP - 1960 Oct 01 TA - British Journal of Industrial Medicine PG - 260--271 VI - 17 IP - 4 4099 - http://oem.bmj.com/content/17/4/260.short 4100 - http://oem.bmj.com/content/17/4/260.full SO - Br J Ind Med1960 Oct 01; 17 AB - Primary malignant tumours of the pleura are uncommon. Thirty-three cases (22 males, 11 females, ages 31 to 68) of diffuse pleural mesothelioma are described; all but one have a probable exposure to crocidolite asbestos (Cape blue). In a majority this exposure was in the Asbestos Hills which lie to the west of Kimberley in the north west of Cape Province. The tumour is rarely seen elsewhere in South Africa.