Tossavainen Antti
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland.
Int J Occup Environ Health. 2004 Jan-Mar;10(1):22-5. doi: 10.1179/oeh.2004.10.1.22.
In Western Europe, Scandinavia, North America, and Australia the manufacture and use of asbestos products peaked in the 1970s. Current incidences of mesothelioma range from 14 to 35 cases/million/year in 11 industrialized countries that had used asbestos 2.0 to 5.5 kg/capita/year about 25 years earlier. A significant linear correlation (r = 0.80, p 0.01) exists between the two variables. Accordingly, about 170 tons of produced and consumed asbestos will cause at least one death from mesothelioma, most often as a consequence of occupational exposure.
在西欧、斯堪的纳维亚半岛、北美和澳大利亚，石棉产品的制造和使用在20世纪70年代达到顶峰。在约25年前人均使用量为2.0至5.5千克石棉的11个工业化国家中，目前间皮瘤的发病率为每年每百万人14至35例。这两个变量之间存在显著的线性相关性（r = 0.80，p < 0.01）。因此，约170吨已生产和消费的石棉将至少导致一例间皮瘤死亡，大多数情况是职业接触的后果。
