Radiographic Changes in Colombian Asbestos Factory Workers

Background: Until recently, Colombia has been a country actively using asbestos. A major factory in Bogota manufactures friction products. Objective: To determine if the use of chrysotile asbestos in a friction products facility leads to workers developing disease. Methods: One hundred forty-eight f...

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Autores principales:	Arthur L. Frank, Guillermo Villamizar, Jose Gabriel Bustillo Pereira
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Publicado:	Ubiquity Press 2020
Materias:	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c91c9025e9234010bced85b37b21ecde2021-12-02T09:09:53ZRadiographic Changes in Colombian Asbestos Factory Workers2214-999610.5334/aogh.2634https://doaj.org/article/c91c9025e9234010bced85b37b21ecde2020-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/2634https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996Background: Until recently, Colombia has been a country actively using asbestos. A major factory in Bogota manufactures friction products. Objective: To determine if the use of chrysotile asbestos in a friction products facility leads to workers developing disease. Methods: One hundred forty-eight factory workers, former workers, or retirees volunteered for X-ray and pulmonary function testing after informed consent. X-rays were read by two readers who needed to agree on positive findings. Results: Nineteen of the 148 X-rays had changes consistent with the known prior exposure to asbestos, mostly parenchymal in nature. Pulmonary function was not altered in most of the studied population. Conclusion: Asbestos disease is clearly present among Colombian asbestos factory workers, as is seen in other exposed populations around the world.Arthur L. FrankGuillermo VillamizarJose Gabriel Bustillo PereiraUbiquity PressarticleInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 86, Iss 1 (2020)
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spellingShingle	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Arthur L. Frank Guillermo Villamizar Jose Gabriel Bustillo Pereira Radiographic Changes in Colombian Asbestos Factory Workers
description	Background: Until recently, Colombia has been a country actively using asbestos. A major factory in Bogota manufactures friction products. Objective: To determine if the use of chrysotile asbestos in a friction products facility leads to workers developing disease. Methods: One hundred forty-eight factory workers, former workers, or retirees volunteered for X-ray and pulmonary function testing after informed consent. X-rays were read by two readers who needed to agree on positive findings. Results: Nineteen of the 148 X-rays had changes consistent with the known prior exposure to asbestos, mostly parenchymal in nature. Pulmonary function was not altered in most of the studied population. Conclusion: Asbestos disease is clearly present among Colombian asbestos factory workers, as is seen in other exposed populations around the world.
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title	Radiographic Changes in Colombian Asbestos Factory Workers
title_short	Radiographic Changes in Colombian Asbestos Factory Workers
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Radiographic Changes in Colombian Asbestos Factory Workers

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