Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Epidemiology and Imaging of Dust Diseases

  • Chapter
Imaging of Occupational and Environmental Disorders of the Chest

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Diagn Imaging))

  • 850 Accesses

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 149.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 199.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 199.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  • Aberle DR, Gamsu G, Ray CS (1988) High-resolution CT of benign asbestos-related diseases: clinical and radiographic correlation. AJR 151:883–891

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Ameille J, Brochard P, Brechot JM et al (1993) Pleural thickening: a comparison of oblique chest radiographs and highresolution computed tomography in subjects exposed to low levels of asbestos pollution. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 64:545–548

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • American Thoracic Society (2004) Diagnosis and initial management of nonmalignant diseases related to asbestos. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 170:691–715

    Google Scholar 

  • Asbestos, Asbestosis, and Cancer (1997) The Helsinki criteria for diagnosis and attribution. Scand J Work Environ Health 23:311–316

    Google Scholar 

  • Attfield MD, Wagner GR (1992) A report on a workshop on the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health B reader certification program. J Occup Med 34:875–878

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Balmes JR (1992) To B-read or not to B-read. J Occup Med 34:885–886

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Begin R, Ostiguy G, Filion R et al (1993) Computed tomography in the early detection of asbestosis. Br J Ind Med 50:689–609

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Brickman L (2004) On the theory class’s theories of asbestos litigation: the disconnect between scholarship and reality 31. Pepperdine Law Review 33:42

    Google Scholar 

  • Changing patterns of pneumoconiosis mortality United States 1968–2000 (2004) MMWR Weekly 53:627–632 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index.html

    Google Scholar 

  • Copland L, Burns J, Jacobsen M (1981) Classification of chest radiographs for epidemiological purposes by people not experienced in the radiology of pneumoconiosis. Br J Ind Med 38:254–261

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Davies I, Mann KJ (1948) Proc 9th Int Congress Industrial Med, Bristol, John Wrights, pp 769–772

    Google Scholar 

  • De Raeve H, Verschakelen JA, Gevenois PA et al (2001) Observer variation in computed tomography of pleural lesions in subjects exposed to indoor asbestos. Eur Respir J 17:916–921

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Dick JA, Morgan WKC, Muir DFC et al (1992) The significance of irregular opacities on the chest roentgenogram. Chest 102:251–260

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Ducatman AM (1991) Variability in the interpretation of radiographs for asbestosis abnormalities: problems and solutions. Ann NY Acad Sci 643:108–120

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Egilman D, Rankin Bohme S (2004) Attorney-directed screenings can be hazardous. Am J Ind Med 45:305–307

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Egilman D (2002) Asbestos screenings. Am J Ind Med 42:163

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Felson B, Morgan WKC, Bristol LJ et al (1973) Observations on the results of multiple readings of chest films in coal workers’ pneumoconiosis. Radiology 109:19–23

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Fletcher DM, Oldham PD (1949) The problem of consistent radiological diagnosis in coalminers’ pneumoconiosis. Br J Ind Med 6:168–183

    Google Scholar 

  • Gamsu G, Salmon CJ, Warnock ML, Blanc PD (1995) CT quantification of interstitial fibrosis in patients with asbestosis: a comparison of two methods. AJR 164:63–68

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Gitlin JN, Cook LL, Linton OW et al (2004) Comparison of “B” readers interpretation of chest radiographs for asbestos related changed. Acad Radiol 11:843–856

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Henry DA (2002) International Labor Office classification system in the age of imaging: relevant or redundant. J Thor Imag 17:179–188

    Google Scholar 

  • Hering KG, Jacobsen M, Bosch-Galethe E et al (2003) Further development of the International Pneumoconiosis classification — from ILO 1980 to ILO 2000 / German Federal Republic version. Pneumologie 57:576–584

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Hessel PA, Melenka LS, Michaelchuk D et al (1998) Lung health among electricians in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. J Occup Environ Med 40:1007–1012

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • International Labour Office (1959) Meeting of experts on the international classification of radiographs of the pneumoconioses. Occup Safety Hlth 9:2

    Google Scholar 

  • Janower ML, Berlin L (2004) ‘B’ readers’ radiographic interpretations in asbestos litigation: is something rotten in the courtroom? Acad Radiol 8:841–842

    Google Scholar 

  • Jarad NA, Wilkinson P, Pearson MC et al (1992) A new high resolution computed tomography scoring system for pulmonary fibrosis, pleural disease, and emphysema in patients with asbestos related disease. Br J Ind Med 49:73–84

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Katz D, Kreel L (1979) Computed tomography in pulmonary asbestosis. Clin Radiol 30:207–213

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Morgan RH (1979) Proficiency examination of physicians for classifying pneumoconiosis chest films. AJR Am J Roentgenol 132:803–808

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Murray KA, Gamsu G, Webb WR et al (1995) High-resolution computed tomography sampling for detection of asbestos-related lung disease. Acad Radiol 2:111–115

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Neri S, Antonelli A, Boraschi P et al (1994) Asbestos-related lesions detected by High-Resolution CT scanning in asymptomatic workers. Specificity, relation to the duration of exposure and cigarette smoking (in Italian). Clin Ter 145:97–106

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Oksa P, Suoranta H, Koskinen H et al (1994) High-resolution computed tomography in the early detection of asbestosis. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 65:299–304

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Oldham PD (1970) Numerical scoring of radiological simple pneumoconiosis. Inhaled Particles 2:621–632

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Parker DL, Bender AP, Hankinson S et al (1989) Public health implications of the variability in the interpretation of ‘B’ readings for pleural changes. J Occup Med 31:775–780

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Peters WL, Reger RB, Morgan WKC (1973) The radiographic categorization of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis by lay readers. Environ Res 6:60–67

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Polakoff PL, Horn BR, Scherer OR (1979) Prevalence of radiographic abnormalities among northern California shipyard workers. Ann NY Acad Sci 330:333–339

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Reger RB, Cole WS, Sargent EN, Wheeler PS (1990) Cases of alleged asbestos-related disease: a radiologic re-evaluation. J Occup Med 32:1088–1090

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Reger RB, Morgan WKC (1970) On the factors influencing consistency in the radiographic diagnosis of pneumoconiosis. Am Rev Respir Dis 102:905–915

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Ross RM (2003) The clinical diagnosis of asbestosis in this century requires more than a chest radiograph. Chest 124:1120–1128

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Savranlar A, Altin R, Mahmutyazicioglu K (2004) Comparison of chest radiography and high-resolution computed tomography findings in early and low-grade coal worker’s pneumoconiosis. Eur J Radiol 51:175–180

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Selikoff IJ, Churg J, Hammond EC (1965) The occurrence among insulation workers in the United States. Ann NY Acad Sci 132:139–155

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Selikoff IJ, Hammond EC, Seidman H (1980) Latency of asbestos disease among insulation workers in the United States and Canada. Cancer 46:2736–2740

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Sheers G, Rossiter CE, Gilson JC et al (1978) U.K. naval dockyards asbestos study: radiological methods in the surveillance of workers exposed to asbestos. Br J Ind Med 35:195–203

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Sperber M, Mohan KK (1984) Computed tomography — a reliable diagnostic modality in pulmonary asbestosis. Comput Radiol 8:125–132

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Staples CA, Gamsu G, Ray CS, Webb WR (1989) High resolution computed tomography and lung function in asbestos-exposed workers with normal chest radiographs. Am Rev Respir Dis 139:1502–1508

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Talini D, Paggiaro PL, Falaschi F et al (1995) Chest radiography and high resolution computed tomography in the evaluation of workers exposed to silica dust: relation to functional findings. Occup Environ Med 52:262–247

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • UICC (1970) Cincinnati classification of the radiographic appearances of pneumoconioses. A cooperative study by the UICC committee. Chest 58:57–67

    Google Scholar 

  • Virta RL (2003) Worldwide asbestos supply and consumption trends from 1900 to 2000: US Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-83. Reston, Virginia: U.S. Department of the Interior US Geological Survey. Available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-083/of03-083.pdf

    Google Scholar 

  • Wagner GR, Attfield MD, Kennedy RD et al (1992) The NIOSH B reader certification program. An update report. J Occup Med 34:879–884

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Wagner GR, Attfield MD, Parker JE (1993) Chest radiography in dust-exposed miners: promise and problems, pitfalls and imperfections. Occup Med 8:127–141

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Weill H, Jones R (1975) The chest roentogram as an epidemiologic tool: report of a workshop. Arch Environ Health 30:435–439

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Yoshimura H, Hatakeyama M, Otsuji H et al (1986) Pulmonary asbestosis: CT study of curvilinear shadow. Radiology 158:653–658

    CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, 71130, USA

    Daniel E. Banks MD (Professor and Head)

Authors
  1. Daniel E. Banks MD
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

    Paul De Vuyst MD, PhD (Professor and Head) (Professor and Head)

  2. Clinic of Chest Imaging, Department of Radiology, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

    Pierre Alain Gevenois MD, PhD (Professor of Radiology) (Professor of Radiology)

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2006 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Banks, D.E. (2006). Epidemiology and Imaging of Dust Diseases. In: De Vuyst, P., Gevenois, P.A. (eds) Imaging of Occupational and Environmental Disorders of the Chest. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30903-9_1

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30903-9_1

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-540-21343-7

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-540-30903-1

  • eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation