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Long-term epidemiological observation of asbestos-related diseases in Poland, 1970-2015
B Swiatkowska1, N Szeszenia-Dabrowska1
1Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Department of Environmental Epidemiology, The Reference Center for Asbestos Exposure & Health Risk Assessment, Sw. Teresy 8, 91-348 Lódz, Poland.
Background:
Occupational exposure to asbestos constitutes a major public health concern. Despite this in many countries, data and registration systems for occupational asbestos-related diseases are non-existent or poorly developed.
Aims:
To analyse the incidence of occupational asbestos-related diseases in Poland between the years 1970 and 2015, with particular emphasis on the periods after introduction of a ban on asbestos and following introduction of a surveillance programme.
Methods:
Analysis based on all medically recognized cases, certified as occupational diseases and reported obligatorily from all over the country to the Central Register of Occupational Diseases.
Results:
During the period 1970-2015, 4983 cases were reported as asbestos-related diseases. The most prevalent were asbestosis, lung cancer, diseases of pleura or pericardium and mesothelioma. A considerable increase in the number of such cases from the beginning of their registration until 2004 occurred after introduction of the Amiantus programme, a nationwide programme of periodic medical examinations for former asbestos workers.
Conclusions:
Introduction of a medical surveillance programme improved case recognition and allowed a more reliable estimate of the number of reported asbestos-related diseases.
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