Huuskonen M S, Karjalainen A, Tossavainen A, Rantanen J
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland.
Med Lav. 1995 Sep-Oct;86(5):426-34.
Primary prevention carried out today can reduce the disease incidence in the future decades. The present disease panorama is the consequence of past asbestos exposure mainly before the 1970s. The peak incidence of asbestos-induced diseases will be reached around 2010 in Finland. The number of asbestos-related premature deaths is at present annually about 150 which exceeds the figure of fatal work accidents. Asbestos-related cancer will increase still for 15-20 years and reach its maximum, about 300 cases, in 2010, and will start to decrease after that. More than 20,000 asbestos-exposed workers have participated in the medical screening and follow-up. The termination of exposure, antismoking campaigns, improved diagnostics and careful attention to compensation issues, as well as other potentials for prevention, were the central issue of the Asbestos Program of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health. An important objective of research work is to improve early diagnostics, and thereby treatment prospects, in case of asbestos-induced cancers.
如今开展的一级预防能够在未来几十年降低疾病发病率。当前的疾病状况是过去主要在20世纪70年代之前接触石棉的结果。芬兰石棉所致疾病的发病率高峰将在2010年左右达到。目前，与石棉相关的过早死亡人数每年约为150人，超过了致命工伤事故的数字。与石棉相关的癌症在未来15至20年内仍将增加，并在2010年达到约300例的峰值，之后将开始下降。超过20000名接触石棉的工人参与了医学筛查和随访。接触终止、反吸烟运动、改进诊断以及对赔偿问题的密切关注，以及其他预防潜力，是芬兰职业健康研究所石棉项目的核心问题。研究工作的一个重要目标是改善石棉所致癌症的早期诊断，从而改善治疗前景。
