Alderisio M, Giovagnoli M R, Cenci M, Vecchione A
Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.
Anticancer Res. 1996 Sep-Oct;16(5A):2965-8.
The diseases related to asbestos exposure (pulmonary fibrosis, broncogenic carcinoma and mesothelioma) are of widespread interest and involve different socio-economic groups of subjects. Since these pathologies have a wide diffusion in the industrial world, we carried out an investigation on two populations occupationally exposed to air pollution and asbestos fibre inhalation (164 traffic policemen of the municipal district of Rome and 218 railwaymen) and on a control group (119 residents in a rural district of Perugia) for the detection of asbestos bodies in the sputum. The results obtained from traffic policemen and railwaymen workers differred significantly from those of the control group. The presence of asbestos bodies in traffic policemen seems to be determined by a strong synergetic effect between gaseous urban pollution, cigarette smoking habits and asbestos dust arising from car brakes and building materials, whereas, in railwaymen it seems to be more directly correlated to exposure.
与石棉暴露相关的疾病（肺纤维化、支气管源性癌和间皮瘤）受到广泛关注，涉及不同社会经济群体的人群。由于这些病症在工业界广泛传播，我们对两组职业性暴露于空气污染和吸入石棉纤维的人群（罗马市辖区的164名交警和218名铁路工人）以及一个对照组（佩鲁贾农村地区的119名居民）进行了调查，以检测痰液中的石棉小体。交警和铁路工人的检测结果与对照组有显著差异。交警痰液中石棉小体的存在似乎是由城市气态污染、吸烟习惯以及汽车刹车和建筑材料产生的石棉粉尘之间的强烈协同效应决定的，而铁路工人痰液中石棉小体的存在似乎与暴露更为直接相关。
