Asbestos bodies in normal lung of western Mediterranean populations with no occupational exposure to inorganic dust.

From: Archives of Environmental Health | Date: July 1, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

The aim of this study was to determine the following: (a) asbestos body count in lung tissue of different western Mediterranean populations; (b) the association, if any, of urban industrial residence with higher lung tissue asbestos body counts in this geographical area; and (c) the risk factor that environmental asbestos exposure posed for lung cancer in our population. Lung-tissue samples were studied in three groups of subjects from the general population: (1) group A comprised 18 patients from Barcelona's urban industrial area (mean age = 62.2 y, standard deviation [SD] = 13.6); (2) group ... <.001). The results of these comparisons evidenced a higher exposure to asbestos in the urban industrial environment. No statistically significant differences were found between groups A and C (chi-square test/Mann-Whitney U-test: p>

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