In 1967-68 an age-stratified random sample of 1069 current workers in Quebec asbestos mines and mills was surveyed. Questions concerning rheumatic complaints were included in a modified MRC questionnaire used at that time, and on this basis a rheumatic severity gradient was devised. No relationship could be detected between rheumatic complaints and pulmonary radiologic response to chrysotile dust exposure, despite implications in the literature that such a relationship might exist.
Notes
Cites: Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1965 Dec 31;132(1):112-205219543
Cites: Chest. 1970 Jul;58(1):15425298
Cites: Lille Med. 1968 Feb;13(2):201-105745959
Cites: Br Med J. 1970 Aug 29;3(5721):492-54918296
Cites: Union Med Can. 1971 Aug;100(8):1588-914934790
Cites: Arch Environ Health. 1972 Jun;24(6):388-4005031565