A mortality study of shipyard workers with pleural plaques
AUTOR(ES)
Fletcher, D. E.
RESUMO
Fletcher, D. E. (1972).Brit. J. industr. Med.,29, 142-145. A mortality study of shipyard workers with pleural plaques. Mild asbestos effects are seen frequently in shipyard workers. It is known that exposure of this type may be associated with mesothelioma, but it is not generally thought that an increased bronchial carcinoma risk exists unless there is pulmonary fibrosis. A number of cases of both types of malignant disease were seen in the Barrow hospitals, associated with pleural plaques. In view of this a retrospective survey was carried out.
