| 1. IDENTIFICATION & BASIC DESCRIPTION |
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Cohort name
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The Asbestos Workers' Survey
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Country
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Name
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Anne-Helen Harding
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Institution
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Health and Safety Executive
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Email
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anne-helen.harding@hse.gov.uk
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Website
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- https://www.hsl.gov.uk/resources/major-projects/asbestos-workers-survey
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Name of committee
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Health Research Authority National Research Ethics Service Committee North West - Greater Manchester Central
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Or provide website
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- https://www.hsl.gov.uk/resources/major-projects/asbestos-workers-survey
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Contact Principal Investigator (name)
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Anne-Helen Harding
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Participation in pooled analyses
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- The cohort is potentially interested in participating in pooled analyses of (European) occupational cohort studies (note pooled analyses also includes remote decentralized analyses that would not require any transfer of primary data as well as meta-analyses).
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Main aim of cohort, please briefly describe the main objectives of the cohort
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The main aim of the study is to monitor the long-term health of licensed asbestos workers in Great Britain
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Study design (please select as many as appropriate)
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Source population (please select as many as appropriate)
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- Industry / occupation-based
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Comparators (please select as many as appropriate)
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- Internal study population
- External study population (includes SMR/SIR studies)
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Inclusion criteria
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Must be an asbestos worker, licensed under the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations
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Exclusion criteria
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Firefighters who are licensed under CAWR
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Enrollment
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Ongoing
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Age range at entry (main cohort)
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Maximum |
Mean |
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65+ |
33 |
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Men at enrollment
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114,851
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Women at enrollment
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4,826
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Comments
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The health status of the members of this cohort studied is followed up through the National Health Service Central Registers for cancer and death registration data. No other follow-up is carried out.
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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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- Death certificate
- Use of registers (specify)
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Death certificate (specify)
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- Participants are flagged with the National Health Service Central Registers so that we are notified of any deaths amongst the study participants
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Specify: Use of registers
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- Participants are flagged with the National Health Service Central Registers so that we are notified of any cancers recorded for the study participants on the Cancer Registries
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Comments
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The health status of the members of this cohort studied is followed up through the National Health Service Central Registers for cancer and death registration data. Data are received on an annual basis.
Participants returning for a second or further statutory medical examination are invited to complete the study questionnaire again. If they consent, then their study information will be updated. If they only attend one medical, then we will only have study information from one time point.
No other follow-up is carried out.
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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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- Questionnaire, Personal (Occupational/industry modules)
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Occupational history/time frame
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Current, at enrollment
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Occupational coding performed
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No
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Methods for exposure assessment (please select as many as appropriate)
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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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- Questionnaire, individual (self-recording or interview)
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Follow-up - type of outcome data collected (select more than one if applicable)
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- Death certificates
- Registry-based
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Registry-based
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- Cancer incidence
- Mortality register
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Outcome type (please select as many as appropriate)
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| 6. Other Information |
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Please describe plans that are funded or most likely to be funded
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Currently there is no end date for this study.
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