Advanced search
Publication Cover
Ultrastructural Pathology Volume 26, 2002 - Issue 2
Submit an article Journal homepage
446
Views
160
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Malignant Mesothelioma and Occupational Exposure to Asbestos: A Clinicopathological Correlation of 1445 Cases

Victor L. Roggli Department of Pathology, Durham Veterans Administration and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
,
Anupama Sharma Department of Pathology, Durham Veterans Administration and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
,
Kelly J. Butnor Department of Pathology, Durham Veterans Administration and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
,
Thomas Sporn Department of Pathology, Durham Veterans Administration and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
&
Robin T. Vollmer Department of Pathology, Durham Veterans Administration and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Pages 55-65 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

  • Selikoff IJ, Lee DH K. Asbestos and Disease. New York: Academic; 1978.
  • Selikoff IJ, Hammond EC, eds. Health hazards of asbestos exposure. Ann NY Acad Sci. 1979;330:1-811.
  • Landrigan PJ, Kazemi H, eds. The third wave of asbestos disease: exposure to asbestos in place: public health control. Ann NY Acad Sci. 1991;643:1-625.
  • Otto H. Das berufsbedingte Mesotheliom in der BRD. Pathologe 1980;2:8-18.
  • Australia Mesothelioma Register. The incidence of Mesothelioma in Australia: Australian Mesothelioma Register Report. 1996, 1998, 1999. Camperdown, NSW: National Occupational Health and Safety Commission.
  • Roggli VL, Pratt PC, Brody AR. Asbestos fiber type in malignant mesothelioma: an analytical scanning electron microscopic study of 94 cases. Am J lnd Med. 1993;23:605-614.
  • Roggli VL, Malignant mesothelioma and duration of asbestos exposure: correlation with tissue mineral content. Am Occup Hyg. 1995;39:363-374.
  • Roggli VL, Sanfilippo F, Shelburne JD. Mesothelioma. In: Roggli VL, Greenberg SD, Pratt PC, eds. Pathology of Asbestos-Associated Diseases. Boston: Little, Brown; 1992:109-164.
  • Greenberg SD. Benign asbestos-related pleural diseases. In: Roggli VL, Greenberg SD, Pratt PC, eds. Pathology of Asbestos-Associated Diseases. Boston: Little, Brown; 1992:165-187.
  • Roggli VU Pratt PC. Asbestosis. In: Roggli VU Greenberg SD, Pratt PC, eds. Pathology of Asbestos-Associated Diseases. Boston: Little, Brown; 1992:77-108.
  • Roggli VU Pratt PC, Brody AR. Analysis of tissue mineral fiber content In: Roggli VL, Greenberg SD, Pratt PC, eds. Pathology of Asbestos-Associated Diseases. Boston: Little, Brown; 1992:299-345.
  • Roggli VU Asbestos bodies and nonasbestos ferruginous bodies. In: Roggli VU Greenberg SD, Pratt PC, eds. Pathology of Asbestos-Associated Diseases. Boston: Little, Brown; 1992:39-75.
  • Roggli VL, Greenberg SD, Seifzman LH, et al. Pulmonary fibrosis, carcinoma, and ferruginous body counts in amosite asbestos workers: a study of six cases. AmJ Clin Pathol. 1980;73:496-503.
  • Wain SL, Roggli VL, Foster WL. Parietal pleural plaques, asbestos bodies, and neoplasia: a clinical, pathologic, and radiographie correlation of 25 consecutive cases. Chest. 1984;86:707-713.
  • Gibbs AR, Griffiths DM, Pootey FD, et al. Comparison of fiber types and size distributions in lung tissues of papaoccupational and occupational cases of malignant mesothelioma. Br J lnd Med. 1990;47:621-626.
  • Roggli VU Oury TD, M off at t EJ. Malignant mesothelioma in women. In: Rechner RE, Rosen PP, eds. Anatomic Pathology. Chicago: ASCP; 1997:147-163.
  • Srebro SH, Roggli VU Samsa GP. Malignant mesothelioma associated with low pulmonary tissue asbestos burdens: a light and scanning electron microscopic analysis of 18 cases. Mod Pathol, 1995;8:614-621.
  • Hodgson JT, Darnton A. The quantitative risk of mesothelioma and lung cancer in relation to asbestos exposure. Ann Occup Hyg. 2000;44:565-601.
  • Roggli VU Brody AR. Changes in numbers and dimensions of chrysotile asbestos fibers in lungs of rats following short-term exposure. Exp Lung Res. 1984;7:133-147.
  • Zeren EH, Gumurdulu D, Roggli VL, Tuncer I, Zorludemir S, Erkisi M. Environmental malignant mesothelioma in Southern Anatolia: a study of 50 cases. Environ. Health Persp, 2000;108:1047-1050.
  • Gaenster EA. Asbestos exposure in buildings. Clin Chest Med. 1992;13:231-242.
  • Roggli VU Fiber analysis. In: Rom WN, ed. Environmental and Occupational Medicine. Philadelphia, Lippincott-Raven;1998: 335-347.
  • Williams RU Muhlbaier JL. Asbestos brake emissions. Environ Res. 1982;29:70-82.
  • Woitowitz H-J, Rodelsperger K. Mesothelioma among car mechanics. Ann Occup Hyg. 1994;38:635-638.
  • Churg A. Nonasbestos pulmonary mineral fibers in the general population. Environ Res 1983:31:189-200.
  • Roggli VU Nonasbestos mineral fibers in human lungs. In: Russell PE, ed. Microbeam Analysis-1989. San Francisco: San Francisco Press; 1989:57-59.
  • McDonald JC, Armstrong B, Case B, et al. Mineral fibre content of lung in mesothelial tumours in North America. Cancer. 1989;63:1544-1547.
  • Miller WC, Hesterberg TW, Hamilton RD. Oncogenicity study of respirable refractory ceramic fibers (RCF) in hamsters. MTC Report 092518. Littleton, CO: Mountain Technology Center; 1991:1-69.
  • Lockey J, Lemasters G, Rice C, et al. Refractory ceramic fiber exposure and pleural plaques. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1996;154:1405-1410.
  • McConnell EE, Mast RW, Hesterberg TW, et al. Chronicinhalation toxicity of a Kaolin-based refractory ceramic fiber in Syrian golden hamsters. Inhalation Toxicol. 1995;7:503-532.
  • Rodelsperger K, Jockei J-H, Pohlabeln H, et al. Asbestos and manmade vitreous fibers as risk factors for diffuse malignant mesothelioma: Results from a German hospital-based case-control study. Am J lnd Med. 2001;38:1-14.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.