Incidence of malignant mesothelioma in Aboriginal people in Western Australia.

CONCLUSION: When incidence rates in Aboriginal people are compared with non-Aboriginal people, the Wittenoom mining operation has had a disproportionate effect on MM incidence in the local Aboriginal population.
PMID: 27372959 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - July 2, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Franklin P, Reid A, Olsen N, Peters S, de Klerk N, Brims F, Threlfall T, Murray R, Musk AB Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research