Asbestos exposure and

In 1955 Doll established a statistical relationship between asbestos exposure and lung cancer. Subsequently, Selikoff et al. (1968) and Enterline et al. (1975) in America, and McDonald and his associates (1973) in Canada, have confirmed these observations. However, authors who have distinguished between smoking and nonsmoking asbestos workers find only a slight increase in incidence of lung cancer in the latter but a spectacular increase (approximately 50 times) among asbestos workers who are heavy smokers. The effect is multiplicative rather than additive (Selikoff et al., 1968). 

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National Public Health Activities regarding Tremolite Asbestos Exposure Medical Testing, Libby, Montana, Summer 2000 - Over 6,000 Libby, Montana, residents screened for asbestos-related diseases associated with living or working near a vermiculite mine contaminated with a fibrous amphibole. National Assessment of Vermiculite Sites, Mortality Review of Cancer and Noncancer Cases Associated with Asbestos Exposure, and other projects. 

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