Australia has one of the highest national incidences of mesothelioma in the world and the rate is still rising. An industry-occupation matrix analysis was conducted for the 858 mesothelioma cases that were reported to the Australian Mesothelioma Surveillance Program between 1980 and 1985. Definite, probable, or possible occupational exposure had occurred in 57 percent (492/858) of the subjects. The primary asbestos production or manufacturing industry constituted the largest number of cases (137/492, 27.8
作者:P, Yeung;A, Rogers
来源:Applied occupational and environmental hygiene 2001 年 16卷 1期