| Literature DB >> 7414103 |
G R Epler, M X Fitz Gerald, E A Gaensler, C B Carrington.
Abstract
The importance of nonoccupational asbestos exposure has been emphasized recently. To illustrate this problem, we report 4 persons with asbestos-related disease from household exposure. There were 2 wives of asbestos workers, who cleaned their husbands' work clothes. One developed a mesothelioma and the other plaques, calcification, benign asbestos pleural effusion and subpleural parenchymal fibrosis. 2 men were exposed as children while playing in a cellar room which was also used for their father's muffler repair business. At ages 27 and 33, they had pleural and diaphragmatic calcifications.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID： 7414103 DOI： 10.1159/000194221
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Respiration ISSN： 0025-7931 Impact factor: 3.580