Rheumatic complaints and pulmonary response to chrysotile dust inhalation in the mines and mills of Quebec
White, F.M.; Swift, J.; Becklake, M.R.
Canadian Medical Association Journal 111(6): 533-535
1974
ISSN/ISBN: 0008-4409 PMID: 4547295 Document Number: 80984
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.