The Tyler Asbestos Workers Program. I. A medical surveillance model and method

Archives of Environmental Health
G A HurstS D Greenberg

Abstract

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.

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