Disease/Syndrome |
Mesothelioma, pleural |
Category |
Cancer, Occupational |
Acute/Chronic |
Chronic |
Biomedical References |
Search PubMed |
Comments |
A sentinel health event (occupational) associated with asbestos exposure; [Mullan] Seventy percent of patients with pleural mesothelioma reported in Denmark around 1980 were excess cases due to occupational asbestos exposure assuming a baseline incidence rate for women in rural areas. [Skov T, Mikkelsen S, Svane O, Lynge E. Reporting of occupational cancer in Denmark. Scand J Work Environ Health 1990;16:401-5] |
Latency/Incubation |
Years to decades |
Diagnostic |
Biopsy |
ICD-9 Code |
163 |
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X-Ray |
Loyola School of Medicine - Mesothelioma |
Related Information in Haz-Map |
Agents |
Hazardous agents that cause the occupational disease:
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