US EPA

758985 

Journal Article 

Mortality rates in a female cohort following asbestos exposure in Germany 

Rösler, JA; Woitowitz, HJ; Lange, HJ; Woitowitz, RH; Ulm, K; Rödelsperger, K 

1994 

Yes 

Journal of Occupational Medicine
ISSN: 0096-1736
EISSN: 2332-3795 

WILLIAMS & WILKINS 

BALTIMORE 

NIOSH/00222920 

36 

8 

889-893 

English 

7807270 

WOS:A1994PJ11500013 

A cohort study was conducted of 616 German female workers with a history of exposure to asbestos. Standardized proportionate mortality analysis was done except for mesothelioma, for which proportionate mortality was computed based on best evident cause of death. Mortality from lung cancer was increased three times over expected value. Death rates due to mesothelioma were 340 times higher than in the general population. Female mortality rates surpassed those observed in men twofold for lung cancer and fourfold for mesothelioma. In comparison with published data from international cohort studies, the observed mortality for mesothelioma in our female cohort appeared higher than that previously reported. German women with a history of asbestos exposure are considered a high-risk group for developing mesothelioma and lung cancer. They should be a target group for intervention strategies (eg, chemoprevention, smoking cessation, early cancer detection). 

Asbestos; 1332-21-4; Index Medicus; Prospective Studies; Women's Health; Middle Aged; Occupational Exposure; Germany -- epidemiology; Mesothelioma -- mortality; Cause of Death; Lung Neoplasms -- mortality; Women, Working; Mesothelioma -- chemically induced; Lung Neoplasms -- chemically induced; Asbestos -- adverse effects; Neoplasms -- chemically induced; Occupational Diseases -- mortality; Neoplasms -- mortality; Occupational Diseases -- chemically induced 

International Conference on Womens Health: Occupation and Cancer 

BALTIMORE, MD