出版社：Norsk forening for epidemiologi - The Norwegian Epidemiological Association
摘要：ABSTRACTA questionnaire survey on the lifetime exposure to asbestos, quartz, and welding fumes among males aged38-48 years (n=9,186) and females aged 40-43 years (n=3,495) in the county of Telemark, Norway wascarried out in 1989-90. The overall response rate was 72%. A total of 42.9% of the males and 39.8% of thefemales were current smokers. Among the male responders, 32.5%, 16.4%, 21.1%, and 10.5% had beenexposed at any time to asbestos, quartz, welding fumes, and stainless steel welding fumes respectively. Thefigures for exposure among female responders were negligible, i.e. 0.7%, 0.5%, 0.5%, and 0.1% respectively.The mean reported duration of exposure for the exposed subjects was 9.8 years for asbestos, 8.8 years forquartz, and 11.3 years for welding fumes. Subjects reporting any one of the exposure factors were more likelyto be smokers. Exposure at the time of the survey was reported by 13.8% among the asbestos-exposedsubjects, and by 22.7% and 34.4% among those exposed to quartz and welding fumes respectively. The needfor primary intervention is emphasized. Smoking intervention in those already exposed to any of thesedeterminants for lung cancer is also needed, as tobacco smoke may increase the lung cancer risk further.Key words: smoking, gender, combined exposures, population survey, prevalent exposure
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