Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Four cases of mesothelioma among Finnish anthophyllite miners

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Four cases of mesothelioma among Finnish anthophyllite miners / A. Karjalainen, L.O. Meurman, E. Pukkala

Sumario: In this report the authors describe four cases of mesothelioma that occurred in the ongoing follow up of the cohort of Finnish anthophyllite miners and millers. Four cases of mesothelioma in a cohort of 999 Finnish anthophyllite miners are described. Three deaths were due to pleural mesothelioma and one to peritoneal mesothelioma had had long term exposure in anthophyllite mining and milling

En: Occupational and environmental medicine. - London and Margate. - nº 3, March 1994 ; p. 212-215

1. Medicina laboral . 2. Enfermedades profesionales . 3. Mesotelioma . 4. Minería . 5. Epidemiología . 6. Mortalidad . I. Meurman, L.O. . II. Pukkala, E. . III. Título. IV. Título: Occupational and environmental medicine.