Dornsife SPH, US.
La Fundacion Colombia Libre de Asbesto, CO.
Ann Glob Health. 2020 Jan 3;86(1):3. doi: 10.5334/aogh.2634.
Until recently, Colombia has been a country actively using asbestos. A major factory in Bogota manufactures friction products.
To determine if the use of chrysotile asbestos in a friction products facility leads to workers developing disease.
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.
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.
Asbestos disease is clearly present among Colombian asbestos factory workers, as is seen in other exposed populations around the world.
直到最近，哥伦比亚一直是一个积极使用石棉的国家。波哥大的一家主要工厂生产摩擦产品。
确定在摩擦产品工厂中使用温石棉是否会导致工人患病。
在获得知情同意后，148 名工厂工人、前工人或退休人员自愿接受 X 射线和肺功能测试。X 射线由两名需要对阳性结果达成一致意见的读者进行阅读。
148 张 X 射线片中，有 19 张显示出与先前已知的石棉暴露一致的变化，主要为实质性质。大多数研究人群的肺功能没有改变。
石棉病显然存在于哥伦比亚石棉工厂工人中，就像在世界其他暴露人群中一样。
