Asbestos exposure and the risk of lung cancer in urban populations

摘要: Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the exposure to asbestos and risk of lung cancer in urban populations. Tobacco smoke is most important single cause cancer. Several other factors like arsenic, asbestos, beryllium, cadmium, chromates, mustard gas, nickel, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons increase Exposure causes diseases asbestosis, cancer, malignant mesothelioma, benign exudative pleurisy. Lung main related malignancy. The number affected workers not restricted those exposed during mining, milling, manufacture products, but also who work shipyards, construction industries, maintenance, mechanic repair. only concerns use products vicinity asbestos. Most cancers among asbestos-exposed occur smokers or ex-smokers. introduces a multiplicative model interaction between smoking asbestos..