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Article

Disease Latency according to Asbestos Exposure Characteristics among Malignant Mesothelioma and Asbestos-Related Lung Cancer Cases in South Korea

by
Da-An Huh
1,†,
Woo-Ri Chae
2,†,
Yun-Hee Choi
2,3,
Min-Sung Kang
4,*,
Yong-Jin Lee
4,5 and
Kyong-Whan Moon
3,6
1
Institute of Health Sciences, Korea University, Anam-ro 145, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
2
Department of Health and Safety Convergence Science, Korea University, Anam-ro 145, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
3
BK21 FOUR R&E Center for Learning Health System, Korea University, Anam-ro 145, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
4
Asbestos Environmental Health Center, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang 6-gil 31, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si 31151, Republic of Korea
5
Department of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Soonchunhyang 6-gil 31, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si 31151, Republic of Korea
6
Department of Health and Environmental Science, Korea University, Anam-ro 145, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(23), 15934; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315934
Submission received: 16 October 2022 / Revised: 24 November 2022 / Accepted: 25 November 2022 / Published: 29 November 2022
(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Health)
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Abstract

Korea was one of the major consumers of asbestos in the late 1900s, and asbestos-related disease patients have been reported continuously to date, owing to long disease latency. Several studies have been conducted to predict the future incidence of malignant mesothelioma and lung cancer in Korea, but little is understood about the latency time. Therefore, the aim of this study is to estimate the latency period of malignant mesothelioma and asbestos-related lung cancer in Korea and its determinants. We obtained information from the Environmental Health Centers for Asbestos in Korea on the history of asbestos exposure and demographic characteristics of 1933 patients with malignant mesothelioma and asbestos-related lung cancer. In our study, the latency periods for malignant mesothelioma and lung cancer were 33.7 and 40.1 years, respectively. Regardless of the disease type, those with a history of exposure related to the production of asbestos-containing products or asbestos factories had the shortest latency period. In addition, we observed that those who worked in or lived near asbestos mines tended to have a relatively long disease latency. Smoking was associated with shorter latency, but no linear relationship between the lifetime smoking amount (expressed in pack years) and latent time was observed. In addition, the age of initial exposure showed a negative linear association with the latency period for mesothelioma and lung cancer.
Keywords: asbestos; latency period; lung cancer; malignant mesothelioma asbestos; latency period; lung cancer; malignant mesothelioma

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Huh, D.-A.; Chae, W.-R.; Choi, Y.-H.; Kang, M.-S.; Lee, Y.-J.; Moon, K.-W. Disease Latency according to Asbestos Exposure Characteristics among Malignant Mesothelioma and Asbestos-Related Lung Cancer Cases in South Korea. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 15934. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315934

AMA Style

Huh D-A, Chae W-R, Choi Y-H, Kang M-S, Lee Y-J, Moon K-W. Disease Latency according to Asbestos Exposure Characteristics among Malignant Mesothelioma and Asbestos-Related Lung Cancer Cases in South Korea. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(23):15934. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315934

Chicago/Turabian Style

Huh, Da-An, Woo-Ri Chae, Yun-Hee Choi, Min-Sung Kang, Yong-Jin Lee, and Kyong-Whan Moon. 2022. "Disease Latency according to Asbestos Exposure Characteristics among Malignant Mesothelioma and Asbestos-Related Lung Cancer Cases in South Korea" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 23: 15934. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315934

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Huh, D.-A., Chae, W.-R., Choi, Y.-H., Kang, M.-S., Lee, Y.-J., & Moon, K.-W. (2022). Disease Latency according to Asbestos Exposure Characteristics among Malignant Mesothelioma and Asbestos-Related Lung Cancer Cases in South Korea. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(23), 15934. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315934

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