Asbestos exposure and autoantibody titers

Autoimmunity and Asbestos Exposure

Despite a body of evidence supporting an association between asbestos exposure and autoantibodies indicative of systemic autoimmunity, such as antinuclear antibodies (ANA), a strong epidemiological link has never been made to specific autoimmune diseases. This is in contrast with another silicate dust, crystalline silica, for which there is considerable evidence linking exposure to diseases suc...

Asbestos Exposure and Neoplasia.

Workplace Exposure to Asbestos

Asbestos exposure, asbestosis, and asbestos-attributable lung cancer.

The study was designed to test the hypothesis that the risk of lung cancer from asbestos exposure is confined to persons with radiographic evidence of pulmonary fibrosis. Occupational and smoking histories were obtained from 271 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of primary lung cancer and 678 referents (279 with other respiratory disease and 399 with cardiac disease). Histories were reviewed ...

Pulmonary asbestos bodies and asbestos fibers as indicators of exposure.

OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to analyze the correlation between pulmonary concentrations of asbestos bodies and asbestos fibers and to characterize asbestos body counts from lung tissue of Finnish patients occupationally exposed and unexposed to asbestos. METHODS Ninety-nine surgically treated lung cancer patients were investigated. The number of asbestos bodies in iron-stained 5-micro...