Published in Br J Ind Med on October 01, 1960
A study of the mortality of workers in an asbestos factory. Br J Ind Med (1969) 9.50
THE PATHOLOGY OF MESOTHELIOMATA AND AN ANALYSIS OF THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH ASBESTOS EXPOSURE. Thorax (1964) 6.09
Mesothelioma of pleura and peritoneum following exposure to asbestos in the London area. Br J Ind Med (1965) 5.47
Mortality from lung cancer and other causes among workers in an asbestos textile factory. Br J Ind Med (1968) 4.81
Relationship between occupations and asbestos-fibre content of the lungs in patients with pleural mesothelioma, lung cancer, and other diseases. Thorax (1977) 4.35
Dust exposure and mortality in an American chrysotile textile plant. Br J Ind Med (1983) 3.80
Inflammation and cancer: interweaving microRNA, free radical, cytokine and p53 pathways. Carcinogenesis (2009) 3.40
A call for an international ban on asbestos. CMAJ (2001) 3.40
Diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma and asbestos exposure. Thorax (1971) 3.39
Radiographic abnormalities and exposure to asbestos-contaminated vermiculite in the community of Libby, Montana, USA. Environ Health Perspect (2003) 3.33
PERITONEAL TUMOURS IN ASBESTOSIS. Br J Ind Med (1964) 3.19
An outbreak of pleural mesothelioma and chronic fibrosing pleurisy in the village of Karain/Urgüp in Anatolia. Thorax (1978) 3.07
Hyaline and calcified pleural plaques as an index of exposure to asbestos. Br Med J (1966) 2.71
DIFFUSE MESOTHELIOMA AND EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS DUST IN THE MERSEYSIDE AREA. Br Med J (1964) 2.59
Malignant mesothelioma: facts, myths, and hypotheses. J Cell Physiol (2012) 2.56
EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS AND MESOTHELIOMA OF THE PLEURA. Br Med J (1964) 2.50
Health risk of chrysotile revisited. Crit Rev Toxicol (2013) 2.45
Mesothelioma register 1967-68. Br J Ind Med (1974) 2.42
A study of the mortality of female asbestos workers. Br J Ind Med (1972) 2.42
The asbestos cancer epidemic. Environ Health Perspect (2004) 2.40
Global mesothelioma deaths reported to the World Health Organization between 1994 and 2008. Bull World Health Organ (2011) 2.16
Asbestos: a chronology of its origins and health effects. Br J Ind Med (1990) 2.05
Predictions of mortality from mesothelial tumours in asbestos factory workers. Br J Ind Med (1976) 2.05
Asbestos and cancer: history and public policy. Br J Ind Med (1992) 2.05
Pleural calcification, pleural mesotheliomas, and bronchial cancers caused by tremolite dust. Thorax (1980) 2.01
In vitro assessment of the biopersistence of vitreous fibers: state of the art from the physical-chemical point of view. Environ Health Perspect (1994) 1.93
Mortality in miners and millers of crocidolite in Western Australia. Br J Ind Med (1988) 1.93
The epidemiology and clinical features of asbestosis and related diseases. Postgrad Med J (1966) 1.84
Malignant mesothelioma. Orphanet J Rare Dis (2008) 1.80
Cancer of the lung in iron ore (haematite) miners. Br J Ind Med (1970) 1.79
Malignant mesothelioma: attributable risk of asbestos exposure. Occup Environ Med (1994) 1.77
Asbestos cancer: past and future hazards. Proc R Soc Med (1973) 1.76
Epigenetic profiles distinguish pleural mesothelioma from normal pleura and predict lung asbestos burden and clinical outcome. Cancer Res (2009) 1.73
Malignant pleural mesothelioma: incidence, etiology, diagnosis, treatment, and occupational health. Dtsch Arztebl Int (2013) 1.72
Environmental epidemiology. 3. Community effects of nonoccupational environmental asbestos exposure. Am J Public Health Nations Health (1968) 1.71
Malignant pleural mesothelioma: an epidemiological perspective. Ann Cardiothorac Surg (2012) 1.67
Asbestos content of lung tissue in asbestos associated diseases: a study of 110 cases. Br J Ind Med (1986) 1.67
Increased risk of malignant mesothelioma of the pleura after residential or domestic exposure to asbestos: a case-control study in Casale Monferrato, Italy. Environ Health Perspect (2001) 1.66
Mortality from mesothelioma of the pleura during 1968-78 in England and Wales. Br J Cancer (1982) 1.63
A FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF WORKERS FROM AN ASBESTOS FACTORY. Br J Ind Med (1964) 1.61
Immunological studies of patients with asbestosis. I. Studies of cell-mediated immunity. Clin Exp Immunol (1977) 1.60
Lymphocyte responses to phytohaemagglutinin in patients with asbestosis and pleural mesothelioma. Clin Exp Immunol (1978) 1.50
The pathology of asbestosis with reference to lung function. Thorax (1961) 1.49
Asbestos bodies in routine necropsies on Tyneside: a pathological and social study. Br Med J (1968) 1.47
Role of asbestos and other fibres in the development of diffuse malignant mesothelioma. Thorax (1990) 1.46
Part III: 7th Walter Hubert lecture. Pott and the prospects for prevention. Br J Cancer (1975) 1.46
Asbestos hazard evaluation in Rhode Island schools. Am J Public Health (1980) 1.43
An epidemiologist at work: the personal papers of Sir Richard Doll. Med Hist (2002) 1.39
Mesothelioma in Scotland. Br Med J (1970) 1.36
Mesothelioma in Cyprus: the role of tremolite. Thorax (1987) 1.29
Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma. J Thorac Dis (2013) 1.27
Estimation of the past and future burden of mortality from mesothelioma in France. Occup Environ Med (1998) 1.26
The discovery of the association between blue asbestos and mesotheliomas and the aftermath. Br J Ind Med (1991) 1.23
Routes of asbestos exposure and the development of mesothelioma in an English region. Occup Environ Med (1997) 1.21
The pathology of asbestos related disease. Thorax (1984) 1.20
Recurrent DNA copy number changes in 1q, 4q, 6q, 9p, 13q, 14q and 22q detected by comparative genomic hybridization in malignant mesothelioma. Br J Cancer (1997) 1.19
Epidemiology of mesothelioma on Walcheren Island. Br J Ind Med (1971) 1.18
A cohort study on mortality among wives of workers in the asbestos cement industry in Casale Monferrato, Italy. Br J Ind Med (1993) 1.17
Investigation into the hazardous use of asbestos. Northern Ireland 1960-76. Ulster Med J (1977) 1.17
Asbestos fibers mediate transformation of monkey cells by exogenous plasmid DNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1988) 1.14
Asbestos disease in family contacts of shipyard workers. Am J Public Health (1985) 1.14
Management of malignant pleural mesothelioma-The European experience. J Thorac Dis (2014) 1.14
Pathological aspects of asbestosis. Postgrad Med J (1966) 1.14
Childhood cancer: overview of incidence trends and environmental carcinogens. Environ Health Perspect (1995) 1.12
Erionite series minerals: mineralogical and carcinogenic properties. Environ Geochem Health (2008) 1.11
Germline mutation of Bap1 accelerates development of asbestos-induced malignant mesothelioma. Cancer Res (2014) 1.11
The biomedical and epidemiological characteristics of asbestos-related diseases: a review. Yale J Biol Med (1986) 1.11
Relative importance of cigarette smoking in occupational lung disease. Br J Ind Med (1981) 1.11
Health implications of environmental exposure to asbestos. Environ Health Perspect (1985) 1.11
Mesothelioma: Do asbestos and carbon nanotubes pose the same health risk? Part Fibre Toxicol (2009) 1.10
Silica-induced malignant histiocytic lymphoma: incidence linked with strain of rat and type of silica. Br J Cancer (1980) 1.08
Asbestos related diseases from environmental exposure to crocidolite in Da-yao, China. I. Review of exposure and epidemiological data. Occup Environ Med (2003) 1.08
Scanning electron microscopy and x-ray microanalysis of mineral deposits in lungs of a patient with pleural mesothelioma. Br J Ind Med (1980) 1.08
Human disease consequences of fiber exposures: a review of human lung pathology and fiber burden data. Environ Health Perspect (1990) 1.06
The incidence of asbestos bodies in the lungs at random necropsies in Montreal. Can Med Assoc J (1966) 1.06
Malignant mesothelioma of the pleura in Barrow-in-Furness. Thorax (1978) 1.04
Domestic asbestos exposure: a review of epidemiologic and exposure data. Int J Environ Res Public Health (2013) 1.03
Pluripotential nature of mesotheliomata induced by inhalation of erionite in rats. Br J Exp Pathol (1984) 1.01
Asbestos--can it be used safely? Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) (1981) 1.01
Primary pleural epithelioid haemangioendothelioma with metastases to the skin. A case report and literature review. J Clin Pathol (2005) 1.01
The role of catalytic iron in asbestos induced lipid peroxidation and DNA-strand breakage in C3H10T1/2 cells. Br J Cancer (1987) 1.00
Malignant mesothelioma in a cohort of asbestos insulation workers: clinical presentation, diagnosis, and causes of death. Br J Ind Med (1988) 1.00
The promyelocytic leukemia zinc-finger gene, PLZF, is frequently downregulated in malignant mesothelioma cells and contributes to cell survival. Oncogene (2009) 1.00
Histology and ultrastructure of serially transplanted rat mesotheliomas. Br J Cancer (1982) 1.00
Trends and geographical patterns of pleural mesotheliomas in the Netherlands 1970-87. Br J Ind Med (1990) 0.99
Environmental poisoning of children--lessons from the past. Environ Health Perspect (1995) 0.98
Mesothelioma dose response following intraperitoneal injection of mineral fibres. Int J Exp Pathol (1991) 0.98
Malignant pleural mesothelioma in a nuclear engineer. Br J Ind Med (1988) 0.98
History of asbestos related disease. Postgrad Med J (2004) 0.98
Elemental analysis of asbestos fibers by means of electron probe techniques. Environ Health Perspect (1974) 0.98
Mesothelioma in a community in the north of England. Occup Environ Med (1996) 0.97
The histopathology and ultrastructure of pleural mesotheliomas produced in the rat by injections of crocidolite asbestos. Br J Exp Pathol (1979) 0.96
Mineral fibre analysis and routes of exposure to asbestos in the development of mesothelioma in an English region. Occup Environ Med (1999) 0.96
A short history of the toxicology of inhaled particles. Part Fibre Toxicol (2012) 0.95
Protecting the workers: the medical board and the asbestos industry, 1930s-1960s. Med Hist (1998) 0.94
LRRN4 and UPK3B are markers of primary mesothelial cells. PLoS One (2011) 0.93
Epidemiology of asbestos-related diseases. Environ Health Perspect (1980) 0.93
Migration of asbestos fibres from subcutaneous injection sites in mice. Br J Cancer (1970) 0.93
The interactions between asbestos fibers and metaphase chromosomes of rat pleural mesothelial cells in culture. A scanning and transmission electron microscopic study. Am J Pathol (1987) 0.92
Mode of action of some toxic substance, with social reference to the effects of prolonged exposure. Br Med J (1961) 0.92
Pneumoconiosis and pulmonary carcinoma. Am J Pathol (1938) 7.11
Primary tumours of the pleura. J Pathol Bacteriol (1958) 5.73
Diffuse mesotheliomas; with comment on their relation to localized fibrous mesotheliomas. Cancer (1957) 4.91
Pleural neoplasms. Br J Tuberc Dis Chest (1957) 3.85
Pleural mesothelioma. Am J Pathol (1950) 3.79
The incidence of cancer in the South African Bantu. Acta Unio Int Contra Cancrum (1957) 3.61
Pleural mesothelioma; further evidence of its histogenesis. J Thorac Surg (1950) 3.27
[Cancerogenic effects of asbestos implantation in rats]. Z Krebsforsch (1958) 2.59
Pulmonary tumors in mice exposed to asbestos dust. AMA Arch Ind Health (1957) 2.58
[Pleural mesothelioma]. Acta Med Patav (1958) 2.56
[A case of thromboangiitis obliterans in mesenteric vessels]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd (1958) 2.55
An anatomical study of the bronchial vascular system and its variations in disease. Thorax (1950) 4.95
Experimental production of mesothelial tumours of the pleura by implantation of dusts in laboratory animals. Nature (1962) 2.80
The gastro-oesophageal sphincter and the mechanism of regurgitation. Br J Surg (1955) 2.45
Histochemical demonstration of hyaluronic acid in pleural mesotheliomas. J Pathol Bacteriol (1962) 2.42
Foreign body granulomata of the lungs due to liquid paraffin. Thorax (1955) 1.97
A study of the forces productive of gastro-oesophageal regurgitation and herniation through the diaphragmatic hiatus. Thorax (1957) 1.74
The treatment of caustic strictures of the esophagus. Surg Gynecol Obstet (1956) 1.60
THE ANATOMY OF THE MITRAL VALVE AND ITS ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES. Thorax (1964) 1.45
Caustic strictures of the oesophagus. Thorax (1955) 1.45
Venezulean equine encephalomyelitis; laboratory aspects of fourteen human cases following vaccination and attempts to isolate the virus from the vaccine. Am J Hyg (1956) 1.43
A method for the prevention of ventricular fibrillation during operation on the heart. Surg Forum (1950) 1.39
Asbestosis in experimental animals. Br J Ind Med (1963) 1.26
An aid to the radiological diagnosis of oesophageal disease. Br J Radiol (1952) 1.24
The anatomy and applied anatomy of the mediastinal fascia. Thorax (1951) 1.19
[The rôle of the bronchial veins in mitral stenosis]. Lancet (1952) 1.16
The anatomy of esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm and the pathogenesis of hiatus herniation. J Thorac Surg (1959) 1.11
Observations on the haemodynamics of pulmonary and lobar atelectasis. Thorax (1951) 1.04
Development of resistance to penicillin and to chlortetracycline in psittacosis virus. Virology (1957) 1.01
The mycobacterium isolated from the dassie Procavia capensis (Pallas). Tubercle (1961) 0.97
The technique of high oesophagogastric anastomosis. S Afr Med J (1952) 0.95
Studies on opsonins in Q fever. J Exp Med (1952) 0.94
Hiatus hernia: a cause of gastro-intestinal haemorrhage. Br J Surg (1960) 0.91
ELECTRICAL PACING OF THE HEART IN ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK. S Afr Med J (1964) 0.86
The detection of hyaluronic acid in pleural fluids of cases with diffuse pleural mesotheliomas. Br J Exp Pathol (1963) 0.85
An acid-fast bacillus isolated from the lungs of the Cape hyrax, Procavia capensis (Pallas). Nature (1958) 0.84
An experimental study of the effect of hypothermia on the heart and brain. S Afr J Med Sci (1956) 0.83
MASSIVE VENOUS AIR EMBOLISM. S Afr Med J (1964) 0.83
The histochemistry of pulmonary hyaline membrane in newborn infants and its interpretation. Lancet (1954) 0.79
EXTRACORPOREAL HYPOTHERMIA WITHOUT THORACOTOMY. AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY IN THE USE OF COLD FOR NEUROSURGERY AND CANCERICIDAL PERFUSIONS. Br J Surg (1964) 0.78
Acute caustic soda injuries of the oesophagus. S Afr Med J (1955) 0.78
The influence of certain serum factors on the neutralization of western equine encephalomyelitis virus. J Immunol (1949) 0.78
A NEW HEAT EXCHANGE UNIT. Thorax (1964) 0.75
STUDIES ON CAPLAN'S NODULES BY MEANS OF IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE. Grundfragen Silikoseforsch (1963) 0.75
Studies on the interference phenomenon with certain members of the psittacosis-lymphogranuloma group of viruses. J Immunol (1948) 0.75
Purification of psittacosis virus by alcohol precipitation and centrifugation. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med (1948) 0.75
Total body perfusion and hypothermia. Med Monde (1961) 0.75
The difficulties and dangers of cardiovascular surgery with an arrested circulation; a preliminary communication. S Afr Med J (1956) 0.75
Flatulent dyspepsia. S Afr Med J (1958) 0.75
CARDIAC ARREST AND RESUSCITATION. I. S Afr Med J (1964) 0.75
Studies on the chemotherapy of viruses in the psittacosislymphogranuloma group. J Immunol (1946) 0.75
Elephantiasis nervorum. Proc R Soc Med (1949) 0.75
Some observations on the gastro-oesophageal sphincteric mechanism. S Afr J Med Sci (1952) 0.75
RUPTURE OF THE TRACHEA AND RIGHT BRONCHUS AFTER AN ANESTHETIC EXPLOSION. Lancet (1964) 0.75
[Pulmonary circulation in normal and pathological conditions]. Minerva Med (1953) 0.75
Cross immunity studies between virus strains in the psittacosis-lymphogranuloma venereum group. J Infect Dis (1949) 0.75
Studies on the chemotherapy of viruses in the psittacosis-lymphogranuloma group; effect of penicillin and sulfadiazine on ten strains in chick embryos. J Immunol (1946) 0.75
CARDIAC ARREST AND RESUSCITATION. S Afr Med J (1964) 0.75
Effect of aureomycin on viruses of the psittacosis-LGV group in embryonated eggs and mice. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med (1951) 0.75
HIATUS HERNIA; ITS VARYING MODES OF PRESENTATION AND FREQUENT EARLY MISDIAGNOSIS. S Afr Med J (1965) 0.75
Caustic soda poisoning; the sociological aspect. S Afr Med J (1954) 0.75
A report on the management of a blood-vessel bank. S Afr Med J (1957) 0.75
Psittacosis vaccines prepared from chick embryo tissues. J Bacteriol (1946) 0.75
Psittacosis vaccines prepared from chick embryo tissues. J Immunol (1946) 0.75