A Quantitative Retrospective Exposure Assessment for Former Chrysotile Asbestos Miners and Millers from Baie Verte, NL, Canada

• Published in: Annals of Work Exposures and Health
• Main Authors: Giles Murphy, Tina, Bornstein, Stephen, Oudyk, John, Demers, Paul A
• Other Authors: Industrial Research and Innovation Funds, Research & Development Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2020
• Subjects: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Canada; Verte; Baie Verte
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/annweh/wxaa092; http://academic.oup.com/annweh/article-pdf/65/1/113/35747849/wxaa092.pdf

Abstract Despite numerous studies of asbestos workers in the epidemiologic literature, there are very few cohort studies of chrysotile asbestos miners/millers that include high-quality retrospective exposure assessments. As part of the creation of the Baie Verte Miners’ Registry in 2008, a two-dimen...