Asbestos and @entity5 : a cohort followed up to XXXX .

@entity1 @entity5 @entity2615 @entity1820 @entity1576 @entity2093 @entity204 @entity1355 @entity703
The mortality experience of 1074 white @entity1 who retired from a United States @entity1355 company during the period 1941-67 and who were exposed to @entity1355 working as production and maintenance employees for the company is reported to the end of 1980 when 88% of this cohort was known to be dead. As noted in earlier reports the mortality for respiratory and @entity1820 was raised. A more detailed examination of causes of @entity204 shows that the excess in @entity1820 was largely due to a statistically significant excess in @entity5 . A statistically significant excess was also noted for @entity703 , @entity2093 , and non-malignant @entity1576 . Eight deaths from malignant @entity2615 were observed, two of which were peritoneal. Asbestos exposures for these @entity2615 cases were low relative to other members of the cohort. Continuing follow up of this cohort shows a dose response relation for @entity5 that has become increasingly linear. Standardised mortality ratios peaked 10 to 15 years after retirement and were relatively constant at around 250 in each five year interval starting in 1950. This excess might have been detected as early as 1960 but certainly by 1965. The mortality experience of this cohort reflects the ultimate effects of @entity1355 since nearly all of the cohort has now died.
