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Ann. occup. Hyg., Vol. 46, No. suppl_1, pp. 90-92, 2002
© 2002 British Occupational Hygiene Society
Published by Oxford University Press

Mortality in Miners and Millers of Crocidolite in Western Australia: Follow-Up to 1999

A. William Musk1,2, Nicholas H. De Klerk2,3,*, Nola J. Olsen1, Janice Hansen1,3, Gina L. Ambrosini2, Lin Fritschi2, Enzo Merler4 and Michael S. T. Hobbs2

1 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009
2 Department of Public Health, University of Western Australia
3 Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia
4 Epidemiology Unit, CSPO Florence, Italy

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. TVW Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, 100 Roberts Road, Subiaco, WA 6008, Australia. Tel: +61-8-9489-7735; fax: +61-8-9489-7700; e-mail: nickdk{at}ich.uwa.edu.au

Follow-up has continued on the cohort of miners and millers of crocidolite from Wittenoom Gorge in Western Australia. Previous analyses had indicated that the incidence of mesothelioma continued to rise exponentially past 40 yr after first exposure, but that fibres were cleared from the lungs with a half-life of ~7 yr. Success in follow-up has been improved through searches in Italy and in the Australian National Death Index. While the mesothelioma rate is still high, the incidence of the disease appears to have levelled out in this cohort.

crocidolite • asbestos • mesothelioma • Wittenoom


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