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J. T. Hodgson and A. Daemon
Table 14. (continued) Cohort identification Code Name
General cohort notes >
Fibre type
Deaths By All Causes Obs
Exp
Mcaxulniioma inonuliiy
12 Paterson 13a SA amosite mines
Reported .expected number reduced to estimate lire number relating to 10+ yr from first exposure (details
in Appendix C)
13c SA crocidoliie mines
14 Massachusetts 13 Albin
Mainly chrysolite (>95%). Expected number eslinuitcd from observed and all cause RR with smaller amounts of
crocidoliie and amosite.
Recent crocidoliie use 1 cl*, never > 3-4%. Up
to 18% of amosite used
briefly during the 1950s.
It is not clear wliich
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umphibole should be seen
as the most important -
amosite because of the
relatively high percentage
used during a limited
period or crocidoliie -
because of its regular
16 Connecticut
historic use at low levels. Data on men exposed< 1 year excluded Chrysolite was die only lyj>e of asbestos used until 1937 wltcn some anllui|ihytlite was added lur some
product lines. About 400 lbs of crocidoliie was handled experimentally on a lew occasions in the
laboratory, but only between 1964 and 1972. Given the small scale and liming of this umphibole use. the
cohort has been treated ns chrysolite only
17 Ferodo
Apart from two periods before 1944, when crocidoliie asbestos was used on one particular contract, only chrysotlc asbestos has been user].
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