| 1. IDENTIFICATION & BASIC DESCRIPTION |
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Cohort name
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Amiantus Program
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Country
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Name
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Beata Świątkowska
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Institution
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Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland
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Email
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beata.swiatkowska@imp.lodz.pl
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Main aim of cohort, please briefly describe the main objectives of the cohort
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For the implementation of the Asbestos Ban Act in Poland, the Ministry of Health has launched the AMIANTUS Programme of prophylactic examinations designated for former workers of asbestos processing plants. All the former workers of the 28 Polish asbestos-processing plants specified in the Act are entitled to periodic medical examinations and complimentary medications designed to treat asbestos-related diseases.
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Study design (please select as many as appropriate)
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Specify: Other
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Medical monitoring
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Comparators (please select as many as appropriate)
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- Internal study population
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Inclusion criteria
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All the former workers of the 28 Polish asbestos-processing plants specified in the Act
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Enrollment
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Ongoing
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Men at enrollment
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5035
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Women at enrollment
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3014
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Children (<18 years) at enrollment
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0
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| 2. OUTCOME FOLLOW-UP |
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Type of data for outcome follow-up (please select as many as appropriate)
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Specify: Other
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- Voluntary medical examinations is performed once a year and include general medical examination, X-ray chest imaging, resting spirometry and additional testing (e.g. resting gasometry) or other diagnostic tests (eg, CT scan) - if necessary.
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| 3. OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES |
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Source of exposure data collected (please select as many as appropriate)
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- Industry-based questionnaire
- Job-employment records
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Occupational history/time frame
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Other (specify)
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Specify: Other
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past occuptional
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Occupational coding performed
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No
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Types of exposure measurements
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Methods for exposure assessment (please select as many as appropriate)
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Specify: Other
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For each plant, historical data on the life cycle, product range, technology used, the amount and the type of processed asbestos as well as the number of employees was collected.
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Main categories
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Dusts and fibres | Fibres
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- Asbestos (any form of asbestos chrysotile, crocidolite, tremolite, anthophyllite, etc. or asbestos-containing material)
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| 4. OUTCOMES EVALUATED |
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Baseline - type of outcome data collected (select more than one if applicable)
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- Clinical/functional evaluation, e.g. spirometry, ECGs (specify)
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Diagnostic groups based on ICD10
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Other (specify)
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asbestos-related diseases
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| 5. BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES & ANALYSIS |
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Comments
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X-ray chest imaging
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