Contents

• Introduction
• Part 1: Review of Asbestos-Related Disease Notifications
  • 1.1 Summary
  • 1.2 Results
  • 1.3 Mesothelioma
  • 1.4 National Cancer Figures on Mesothelioma
  • 1.5 Lung Cancer
  • 1.6 Asbestosis
  • 1.7 Pleural Abnormalities
  • 1.8 Discussion
• Part 2: Non-Asbestos Occupational Respiratory Disease
  • 2.1 Occupational Asthma
  • 2.2 Occupational Asthma Case Studies
  • 2.3 Metal Fume Fever
  • 2.4 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  • 2.5 Silica and Silicosis - One Agent, Many Outcomes
  • 2.6 Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)
  • 2.7 Recent "New" Work-Related Occupational Respiratory Disease
• Part 3: Asbestos Issues Ahead
  • 3.1 Floor Sanders
  • 3.2 Asbestos Removal Workers
  • 3.3 Brake Lining Repair Workers
  • 3.4 Building Maintenance Workers
  • 3.5 Demolition Workers
• Appendix 1: Background To The Registers
  • Formation of the Asbestos Advisory Committee
  • Establishment of the National Asbestos Registers
• Appendix 2: Asbestos
  • What is Asbestos?
• Appendix 3: Miscellany
  • Currently Available Department of Labour Publications on Asbestos
  • Contact Details
  • Members of the National Asbestos Medical Panel
• References

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Published by the Department of Labour
Wellington, New Zealand
September 2009

ISBN: 978-0-478-3389-3

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