Radiological evidence of asbestos disease among ship repair workers.
Radiological evidence of asbestos disease among ship repair workers.
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修船工人石棉病的放射学证据。
DOI：
10.1002/ajim.4700010104
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发表时间：
1980
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Lilis,R
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作者：
Selikoff,IJ;Nicholson,WJ;Lilis,R
石棉材料现在很少用于新船建造。然而，在1975年前建造的船舶上使用的数量很大。因此，在未来30年或更长时间内，在修理这类船只时暴露于石棉的可能性仍然存在。我们研究了286名工人，他们从开始受雇从事船舶维修工作起20年或更长时间。86%的人有石棉肺的放射学证据，发现了5例以前未诊断出的肺癌。这表明，除非在未来修复用石棉建造的船只时采取工业卫生预防措施，否则我们将在过去造船厂不受控制的暴露所造成的遗留问题上再增加几十年。
Asbestos materials are now infrequently used in new ship construction. However, significant amounts were used in vessels constructed before 1975. As a consequence, for the next 30 or more years, the potential for asbestos exposure in the repair of such vessels will remain.We studied 286 workers who were 20 or more years from onset of employment in ship repair work. Eighty‐six percent had radiological evidence of asbestosis, and five instances of previously undiagnosed lung cancer were found. This suggests that unless industrial hygiene precautions are taken in the future repair of vessels that have been built with asbestos, we will add additional decades to the legacy we already face as the result of uncontrolled shipyard exposures of the past.