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The Tyler Asbestos Workers Program. I. A Medical Surveillance Model and Method

1979; Heldref Publications; Volume: 34; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00039896.1979.10667445

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George A. Hurst, Charles G. Spivey, William T. Matlage, John M. Miller, Grady Faulk, Leroy R. Hieger, Jerry McLarty, S. Donald Greenberg,

Occupational and environmental lung diseases

An asbestos-exposed worker who smokes cigarettes has a high risk of developing cancer of the lung. One thousand ninety-five former workers at a plant manufacturing asbestos (amosite) insulation products were exposed to high levels of asbestos dust concentrations in the atmosphere. The workers have been identified and located. A semi-annual medical surveillance program has been developed with National Cancer Institute support. Examination of the worker includes the following: history (questionnaire), physical examination, sputum cytopathology, chest roentgenogram, pulmonary function studies, and other tests. Emphasis has been placed on understanding the role of sputum cytopathology in a cancer control program in former asbestos workers.