ArticleJournal of occupational and environmental medicine2020
Follow-Up of the Libby, Montana Screening Cohort: A 17-Year Mortality Study.
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- Risk of cancer associated with residential exposure to asbestos insulation: updated evidence.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2025Article
- Asbestos Exposure and Ovarian Cancer: A Meta-analysis.Safety and health at work · 2024Review
- Case-fatality study of workers and residents with radiographic asbestos disease in Libby, Montana.American journal of industrial medicine · 2022Article
- Mechanisms of Environment-Induced Autoimmunity.Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology · 2021Article
- Response to 'Follow-Up of the Libby, Montana Screening Cohort: A 17-year Mortality Study: Likely Underestimation of Nonmalignant Asbestos-Related Disease'.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2020Article
- Perspective: The Lung, Particles, Fibers, Nanomaterials, and Autoimmunity.Frontiers in immunology · 2020Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate mortality patterns among participants in a community-based screening program for asbestos-related disease.
methodsWe calculated standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) and stratified results by exposure group (three occupational exposure groups, household contacts and residents without occupational asbestos exposure) and by radiographic abnormality presence.
resultsAll-cause mortality (15.8%; 1,429/8,043) was statistically lower than expected. Asbestosis was statistically elevated in all exposure groups. Lung cancer was moderately associated with vermiculite miner/miller employment. Mesothelioma was elevated in that same exposure group and among residents. Systemic autoimmune disease mortality was also elevated. Radiographic parenchymal abnormalities were associated with lung cancer mortality.
conclusionIn addition to asbestos-related mortality in occupational exposure groups, this initial follow-up of this cohort also shows elevated mortality for some asbestos-related causes in non-occupational exposure groups.
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