US EPA

786431 

Book/Book Chapter 

Pleural plaques in the general population 

Hillerdal, G 

1991 

New York Academy of Sciences 

NEW YORK 

The third wave of asbestos disease: Exposure to asbestos in place. Public health control 

430-437 

English 

1809156 

10.1111/j.1749-6632.1991.tb24490.x 

WOS:A1991BW42W00042 

is a chapter of 786525 The third wave of asbestos disease: Exposure to asbestos in place. Public health control

The occurrence of pleural plaques, a type of lesion seen almost exclusively in persons exposed to asbestos (1332214), was assessed in the general population. A total of 1596 men and 79 women in the county of Uppsala, Sweden was identified, mainly via a health survey conducted from 1963 until 1985, as fulfilling the criteria for pleural plaques (bilateral lesions; plaques at least 5 millimeters thick; plaques well demarcated; no remnants of pleurisy; and progression over a 5 year period). Of the men, 88.4% had been occupationally exposed to asbestos, 0.8% had nonoccupational exposure, and 10.8% denied any exposure to asbestos. Information was lacking for nine of the men. The mean latency time in 1096 men was 33.2 years. There was a good correlation between plaques found on chest roentgenograms and occupational exposure to asbestos in the men. Of the women, 13.9% had been occupationally exposed, 17.7% had nonoccupational exposure, and 68.4% denied any exposure. Although only about 5% of the population in Uppsala had immigrated from Finland, 49.4% of the women had immigrated from Finland. The author suggests that the occurrence of pleural lesions may be one way of measuring the environmental impact of asbestos on the general population. 

asbestos; Toxicology Abstracts; plaques; Sweden, Uppsala; incidence; X 24154:Pathology 

Landrigan, PJ; Kazemi, H 

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 643, no. 1 

9780897666770 

The Third Wave of Asbestos Disease Exposure to Asbestos in Place 

New York, NY 

June 7-9, 1990