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SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2013

Domestic asbestos exposure: a review of epidemiologic and exposure data.

Emily Goswami, Valerie Craven, David L Dahlstrom, Dominik Alexander, Fionna Mowat

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Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Tools of the trade: leveraging 3DFrontiers in pharmacology · 2026
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  5. Mapping Asbestos Vulnerability in Indonesia Using Earthquake Vulnerability.Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi · 2025
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  10. Current causes of mesothelioma: how has the asbestos ban changed the perspective?Biomedical papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacky, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia · 2023
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  15. Ascertainment Bias in a Historic Cohort Study of Residents in an Asbestos Manufacturing Community.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  16. Asbestos in High-Risk Communities: Public Health Implications.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Emily GoswamiExponent, 475 14th Street, Suite 400, Oakland, CA 94612, USA. egoswami@exponent.com.
Valerie Craven
David L Dahlstrom
Dominik Alexander
Fionna Mowat

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inhalation of asbestos resulting from living with and handling the clothing of workers directly exposed to asbestos has been established as a possible contributor to disease. This review evaluates epidemiologic studies of asbestos-related disease or conditions (mesothelioma, lung cancer, and pleural and interstitial abnormalities) among domestically exposed individuals and exposure studies that provide either direct exposure measurements or surrogate measures of asbestos exposure. A meta-analysis of studies providing relative risk estimates (n = 12) of mesothelioma was performed, resulting in a summary relative risk estimate (SRRE) of 5.02 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.48-10.13). This SRRE pertains to persons domestically exposed via workers involved in occupations with a traditionally high risk of disease from exposure to asbestos (i.e., asbestos product manufacturing workers, insulators, shipyard workers, and asbestos miners). The epidemiologic studies also show an elevated risk of interstitial, but more likely pleural, abnormalities (n = 6), though only half accounted for confounding exposures. The studies are limited with regard to lung cancer (n = 2). Several exposure-related studies describe results from airborne samples collected within the home (n = 3), during laundering of contaminated clothing (n = 1) or in controlled exposure simulations (n = 5) of domestic exposures, the latter of which were generally associated with low-level chrysotile-exposed workers. Lung burden studies (n = 6) were also evaluated as a surrogate of exposure. In general, available results for domestic exposures are lower than the workers' exposures. Recent simulations of low-level chrysotile-exposed workers indicate asbestos levels commensurate with background concentrations in those exposed domestically.

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Environmental ExposureAsbestosHumansLung NeoplasmsMesotheliomaRisk AssessmentAsbestos

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PMID24185840
PMCPMC3863863

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