Return to search

Asbestos : a potential hazard to health in the ship building and ship repairing industries

Large quantities of asbestos are used in the building and repairing of ships. Much is used in easily recognisable form and some is incorporated into materials which bear little or no superficial resemblance to the crude fibre at all, but which may still give rise to highly dangerous dust when sawn or otherwise manipulated. The inhalation of this dust over a period of time gives rise to a very disabling and sometimes fatal form or pneumoconiosis known as asbestosis and it is the aim of this article to discuss the prevention of this disease in Dockyard workers .

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:576965
Date January 1959
CreatorsWalters, J.
PublisherLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London)
Source SetsEthos UK
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
Sourcehttp://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/1273049/

Page generated in 0.0017 seconds