Etiological Studies

This research attempts to define factors causing mesothelioma, such as asbestos. They also analyze other environmental and occupational factors that affect the individual susceptibility for the development of mesothelioma.

Malignant mesothelioma among employees of a Connecticut factory that manufactured friction materials using chrysotile asbestos

Need synopsis. - Ann Occup Hyg. 2010 Aug;54(6):692-6. Epub 2010 Jun 3.

Sex difference in diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma.

Diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma (DMPM) is rare and in the past has proved an invariably fatal disease. - Br J Surg. 2006 Dec;93(12):1536-42

Mesothelioma in patients with nonoccupational asbestos exposure. An evidence-based approach to causation assessment.

The specific parameters of nonoccupational asbestos exposures (NOAE) that can distinguish an idiopathic from an asbestos-caused malignant mesothelioma (MM) are controversial. - Ann Diagn Pathol. 2006 Aug;10(4):241-50

Multicentric study on malignant pleural mesothelioma and non-occupational exposure to asbestos.

It is suggested that low-dose exposure to asbestos at home or in the general environment carries a measurable risk of malignant pleural mesothelioma. - Br J Cancer 2000 Jul;83(1):104-11

Exposures to asbestos arising from bandsawing gasket material.

A simulation of bandsawing sheet asbestos gasket material was performed as part of a retrospective exposure evaluation undertaken to assist in determining causation of a case of mesothelioma cancer. - Appl Occup Environ Hyg 2000 May;15(5):404-8

Recent geographic patterns of lung cancer and mesothelioma mortality rates in 49 shipyard counties in the United States, 1970-94.

Lung cancer mortality rates among white males in the United States were observed to be elevated during 1950-69 in counties with shipbuilding industries during World War II; risk was found to be associated with asbestos exposure. - Am J Ind Med 2000 May;37(5):512-21

Mesothelioma and lung tumors attributable to asbestos among petroleum workers

Asbestos exposure has been definitively found to be associated with both mesothelioma and lung cancer. Nevertheless, in the overall population of oil refinery workers potentially exposed to asbestos, many studies clearly show a definitely increased risk of mesothelioma, but no proven excess of lung cancer after comparison to the general population. - Am J Ind Med 2000 Mar;37(3):275-82

Distribution of mesothelioma cases in different occupational groups and industries in Australia, 1979-1995

A study was conducted in 1996 to examine the past and current incidence rates of mesothelioma in a number of industries and occupations as the basis for predicting future outcomes. - Appl Occup Environ Hyg 1999 Nov;14(11):759-67

Environmental exposure to asbestos in asbestos cement workers: a case of additional exposure from indiscriminate use of industrial wastes.

The paper presents data on cancer risk, especially pleural mesothelioma and lung cancer, among the workers of asbestos cement plant who living in the vicinity of the plant, were also environmentally exposed to asbestos. - Int J Occup Med Environ Health 1998;11(2):171-7

Mineral fibre persistence and carcinogenicity

Epidemiological research during the past 40 years has demonstrated with increasing clarity that amphibole asbestos fibres--crocidolite, amosite and tremolite--are more carcinogenic than chrysotile. - Ind Health 1998 Oct;36(4):372-5

Tyler asbestos workers: mortality experience in a cohort exposed to amosite

This study examines the causes of death among 1130 former workers of a plant in Tyler, Texas dedicated to the manufacture of asbestos pipe insulation materials. - Occup Environ Med 1998 Mar;55(3):155-60

Mineralogic Evaluation of Lung Tissue of Persons with Malignant Mesothelioma

Victor L. Roggli, M.D., studies the effects of different forms of asbestos fibers in 94 patients with malignant mesothelioma and draws conclusions as to which forms are most harmful.