RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Histological type of lung carcinoma in asbestos cement workers and matched controls.
JF British Journal of Industrial Medicine
JO Br J Ind Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 626
OP 630
DO 10.1136/oem.49.9.626
VO 49
IS 9
A1 L Johansson
A1 M Albin
A1 K Jakobsson
A1 Z Mikoczy
YR 1992
UL http://oem.bmj.com/content/49/9/626.abstract
AB Histological types of lung carcinoma were examined in a case series of workers exposed to asbestos cement dust (n = 29) and matched controls (n = 87). The proportion of adenocarcinomas was 31% among the exposed subjects and 15% among the controls (mid-p = 0.05). Among workers with high exposure the proportion of adenocarcinoma was even higher (45%, 5/11; mid-p = 0.03). The proportion of peripheral tumours tended to be higher among exposed cases than controls (24 v 12%, mid-p = 0.12). Lobe of origin did not differ, however, between exposed cases and controls. Thus the study indicates an association between the degree of exposure to asbestos and adenocarcinoma of the lung, and a peripheral rather than central localisation of the tumours, but with virtually the same distribution of lobe of origin as in the general population.