Abstract
Predictions of future cases of mesothelioma in Australia to the year 2020 are in the order of a total of 10,000 new cases. Compensation claims are testing the attribution in a particular case between occupational asbestos exposure and lung cancer. The cost of the problem necessitates clarifying and standardizing the criteria for a confident diagnosis of asbestos-related disease. The possibility of differences in criteria that determine attribution of asbestos to a disease prompted a consensus meeting of pathologists, epidemiologists, physicians, oncologists, radiologists, and others to define current thinking and to agree on an Australian document based on the scientific evidence for establishing diagnoses and attribution data of asbestos-related diseases in Australia. The participants' findings are reported.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The Asbestos War |
Editors | Laurie Kazan-Allen |
Place of Publication | United States |
Publisher | Abel Publication Services, Inc |
Pages | 40-46 |
Volume | 10 |
Edition | Adelaide-Australia |
ISBN (Print) | 10773525 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2004 |
Event | The Diagnosis and Attribution of Asbestos-related Diseases in an Australian Context - Adelaide-Australia Duration: 1 Jan 2004 → … |
Conference
Conference | The Diagnosis and Attribution of Asbestos-related Diseases in an Australian Context |
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Period | 1/01/04 → … |