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  • Title: Asbestos-related pleural disease in Western Australian gold-miners.
    Author: Lee YC, De Klerk NH, Musk AW.
    Journal: Med J Aust; 1999 Mar 15; 170(6):263-5. PubMed ID: 10212648.
    Abstract:
    Three retired gold-mine workers from Western Australia (WA) were diagnose with asbestos-related pleural disease (two with pleural plaques and one with mesothelioma). Asbestos fibres have been found in air samples from WA gold-mines, and all three patients had worked in these mines (for five to 17 years) and had no other significant known asbestos exposure. To our knowledge, this is the first report of asbestos-related disease in gold-mine workers.
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