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Main Title Determinants of cancer and cardiovascular disease mortality in mining counties of California /
Author Ziskind, R. A. ; Smith, D. F. ; Hahn, J. L. ; Spivey, G.
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Ziskind, R. A.
CORP Author Science Applications, Inc., Los Angeles, CA.;Health Effects Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Health Effects Research Laboratory,
Year Published 1980
Report Number EPA/600/1-81/042; SAI-1-068-81-514; EPA-68-02-3258
Stock Number PB81-208985
OCLC Number 48652559
Subjects Asbestos mines and mining--California--Physiological aspects ; Cardiovascular system--Diseases--Mortality--California ; Cancer--Mortality--California ; Cardiovascular system--Diseases--California--Mortality ; Cancer--California--Mortality
Additional Subjects Asbestos ; Mortality ; Epidemiology ; Evaluation ; Public health ; Malignant neoplasms ; California ; Questionnaires ; Mining ; Exposure ; Protocols ; Cancer ; Calaveras County(California) ; Tuolumne County(California) ; Environmental health ; Air pollution effects(Humans) ; Quality assurance ; NTISEPAORD
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ESAD  EPA 600-1-81-042 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 01/31/2011
NTIS  PB81-208985 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 115 pages ; 28 cm
Abstract
The purpose of this work was to design an epidemiological study protocol to further evaluate the hypothesis that asbestos related health effects have been observed among populations without occupational exposure. A case-control mortality protocol was developed. The hypothesis was formalized as deaths due to respiratory tract cancer, mesothelioma, and cardiovascular disease are associated with length of residence proximal to asbestos mining activities after controlling for the effects of cigarette smoking, occupation and genetic susceptibility. Study areas selected were the two commercial asbestos mining and milling regions of California. Anthropogenic and natural emission sources of asbestos were delineated. In concert with protocol design a questionnaire for survivors was drafted, pre-tested, reused and submitted. California death certificate tapes from 1970 will be utilized to define the study subjects and examine mortality in the prime study areas - Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties.
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Caption title. "May 1980." "EPA-600/1-81-042." Microfiche.