{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2404848293","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1989.tb136455.x","title":"The incidence of malignant mesothelioma in Australia, 1947\u20101980","display_name":"The incidence of malignant mesothelioma in Australia, 1947\u20101980","publication_year":1989,"publication_date":"1989-03-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2404848293","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1989.tb136455.x","mag":"2404848293","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2716620"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1989.tb136455.x","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1989.tb136455.x","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1989.tb136455.x","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S13978405","display_name":"The Medical Journal of Australia","issn_l":"0025-729X","issn":["0025-729X","1326-5377"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-b","doyens","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","medline","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Medical Journal of Australia","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5037295584","display_name":"Arthur William Musk","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4730-4645","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4730-4645"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"A. William Musk","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sir Charles Cairdner Hospital, Verdun Street, Nedlands, WA, 6009","Reprints: Dr A.W. Musk"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sir Charles Cairdner Hospital, Verdun Street, Nedlands, WA, 6009","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Reprints: Dr A.W. Musk","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5111942908","display_name":"Paul Dolin","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I177877127","display_name":"The University of Western Australia","ror":"https://ror.org/047272k79","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I177877127"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210088912","display_name":"Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre","ror":"https://ror.org/0071a2k97","country_code":"AU","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210088912"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Paul J. Dolin","raw_affiliation_strings":["The University of Western Australia, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, WA, 6009"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"The University of Western Australia, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, WA, 6009","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I177877127","https://openalex.org/I4210088912"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5031546034","display_name":"Bruce Konrad Armstrong","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8940-7525","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8940-7525"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I177877127","display_name":"The University of Western Australia","ror":"https://ror.org/047272k79","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I177877127"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210088912","display_name":"Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre","ror":"https://ror.org/0071a2k97","country_code":"AU","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210088912"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Bruce K. Armstrong","raw_affiliation_strings":["The University of Western Australia, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, WA, 6009"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"The University of Western Australia, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, WA, 6009","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I177877127","https://openalex.org/I4210088912"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5109078226","display_name":"Joyce M. Ford","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4405286945","display_name":"Macquarie Hospital","ror":"https://ror.org/03mr0g583","country_code":"AU","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1311436738","https://openalex.org/I2801351115","https://openalex.org/I4210119033","https://openalex.org/I4405286945"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Joyce M. Ford","raw_affiliation_strings":["New South Wales Cancer Registry, Macquarie Hospital, Wicks Road, North Ryde, NSW, 2113"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"New South Wales Cancer Registry, Macquarie Hospital, Wicks Road, North Ryde, NSW, 2113","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4405286945"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5075722318","display_name":"Nicholas Hubert de Klerk","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9223-0767","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9223-0767"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I177877127","display_name":"The University of Western Australia","ror":"https://ror.org/047272k79","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I177877127"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210088912","display_name":"Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre","ror":"https://ror.org/0071a2k97","country_code":"AU","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210088912"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Nicholas H. Klerk","raw_affiliation_strings":["The University of Western Australia, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, WA, 6009"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"The University of Western Australia, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, WA, 6009","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I177877127","https://openalex.org/I4210088912"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5109831329","display_name":"MICHAEL S. T. HOBBS","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I177877127","display_name":"The University of Western Australia","ror":"https://ror.org/047272k79","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I177877127"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210088912","display_name":"Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre","ror":"https://ror.org/0071a2k97","country_code":"AU","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210088912"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Michael S.T. Hobbs","raw_affiliation_strings":["The University of Western Australia, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, WA, 6009"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"The University of Western Australia, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, WA, 6009","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I177877127","https://openalex.org/I4210088912"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5037295584"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":3400,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3400},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":4.397,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":39,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.94795508,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":96},"biblio":{"volume":"150","issue":"5","first_page":"242","last_page":"246"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11026","display_name":"Occupational and environmental lung diseases","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2740","display_name":"Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11026","display_name":"Occupational and environmental lung diseases","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2740","display_name":"Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14168","display_name":"Occupational Health and Global Justice","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3306","display_name":"Health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10556","display_name":"Global Cancer Incidence and Screening","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2730","display_name":"Oncology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/malignant-mesothelioma","display_name":"malignant mesothelioma","score":0.9990000128746033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/incidence-trends","display_name":"incidence trends","score":0.8640000224113464},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/asbestos-exposure","display_name":"asbestos exposure","score":0.9649999737739563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pleural-mesothelioma","display_name":"pleural mesothelioma","score":0.9210000038146973},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/peritoneal-mesothelioma","display_name":"peritoneal mesothelioma","score":0.9990000128746033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/crocidolite","display_name":"crocidolite","score":0.8939999938011169},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/amphibole-asbestos","display_name":"amphibole asbestos","score":0.9589999914169312},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/age-at-diagnosis","display_name":"age at diagnosis","score":0.7170000076293945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sex-differences","display_name":"sex differences","score":0.7900000214576721},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/western-australia","display_name":"Western Australia","score":0.734000027179718},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/australia","display_name":"Australia","score":0.703000009059906}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C510490043","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104085","display_name":"Asbestos","level":2,"score":0.836017370223999},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777407522","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1077603","display_name":"Mesothelioma","level":2,"score":0.8227188587188721},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.7442920207977295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C61511704","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1671857","display_name":"Incidence (geometry)","level":2,"score":0.6902714371681213},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187212893","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123028","display_name":"Pediatrics","level":1,"score":0.42907634377479553},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2986834420","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5932254","display_name":"Age groups","level":2,"score":0.42902472615242004},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149923435","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37732","display_name":"Demography","level":1,"score":0.4093729853630066},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C141071460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40821","display_name":"Surgery","level":1,"score":0.3351266384124756},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142724271","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7208","display_name":"Pathology","level":1,"score":0.1552981734275818},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C191897082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11467","display_name":"Metallurgy","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120665830","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14620","display_name":"Optics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192562407","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228736","display_name":"Materials science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[{"descriptor_ui":"D000293","descriptor_name":"Adolescent","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D000328","descriptor_name":"Adult","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D000368","descriptor_name":"Aged","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D000369","descriptor_name":"Aged, 80 and over","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D001194","descriptor_name":"Asbestos","qualifier_ui":"Q000009","qualifier_name":"adverse effects","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D001315","descriptor_name":"Australia","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D005260","descriptor_name":"Female","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D006801","descriptor_name":"Humans","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D008297","descriptor_name":"Male","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D008654","descriptor_name":"Mesothelioma","qualifier_ui":"Q000453","qualifier_name":"epidemiology","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D008875","descriptor_name":"Middle Aged","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D010534","descriptor_name":"Peritoneal Neoplasms","qualifier_ui":"Q000453","qualifier_name":"epidemiology","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D010997","descriptor_name":"Pleural Neoplasms","qualifier_ui":"Q000453","qualifier_name":"epidemiology","is_major_topic":true}],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1989.tb136455.x","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1989.tb136455.x","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1989.tb136455.x","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S13978405","display_name":"The Medical Journal of Australia","issn_l":"0025-729X","issn":["0025-729X","1326-5377"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-b","doyens","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","medline","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Medical Journal of Australia","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmid:2716620","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2716620","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The Medical journal of Australia","raw_type":"Journal Article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3","display_name":"Good health and well-being","score":0.9763000011444092}],"study_designs":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/observational-study","display_name":"Observational Study"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":13,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1975546583","https://openalex.org/W1981035795","https://openalex.org/W2018034853","https://openalex.org/W2032453281","https://openalex.org/W2052905864","https://openalex.org/W2073032258","https://openalex.org/W2166059368","https://openalex.org/W2398117871","https://openalex.org/W2402440833","https://openalex.org/W2417785643","https://openalex.org/W2419377926","https://openalex.org/W4206165838","https://openalex.org/W4240112239"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7100869169","https://openalex.org/W2131149579","https://openalex.org/W7097981152","https://openalex.org/W2067816587","https://openalex.org/W2529210297","https://openalex.org/W2055076998","https://openalex.org/W4319590123","https://openalex.org/W2263758620","https://openalex.org/W2398117871","https://openalex.org/W2402440833"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Details":[0],"of":[1,76,84,154,165,171,181,189,194,211,218,221,245,266,280,284,293],"patients":[2,246],"with":[3,38,61,214,247],"malignant":[4,267],"mesothelioma":[5,39,268],"that":[6,255],"was":[7,41,43,81,99,130,145,174,198,205,252],"diagnosed":[8,44,60],"in":[9,45,47,89,120,132,137,142,151,167,209,225,238,256,263,269,275,286],"Australia":[10,21,144,155,270],"before":[11],"1981":[12],"were":[13,67,92,148],"obtained":[14],"by":[15],"searching":[16],"all":[17,222],"possible":[18,28],"sources":[19],"throughout":[20],"as":[22,27,207],"far":[23],"into":[24],"the":[25,62,74,149,157,169,172,196,212,223,226,264,272,276,281],"past":[26],"and":[29,32,54,109,184,278,296],"up":[30],"to":[31,114,134,203,231,250,254],"including":[33],"1980.":[34],"The":[35,86,122,139,201,241,261],"earliest":[36],"patient":[37],"who":[40,91],"identified":[42],"Victoria":[46],"1947.":[48],"By":[49],"1980,":[50],"535":[51],"(81%)":[52],"men":[53,136],"123":[55],"(19%)":[56],"women":[57],"had":[58,228],"been":[59,229],"disease;":[63],"only":[64],"14":[65],"persons":[66],"aged":[68],"less":[69,100],"than":[70,101,147],"35":[71,93],"years":[72,83,94],"at":[73,97,243],"time":[75],"diagnosis":[77,98,244],"(the":[78],"youngest":[79],"person":[80],"15":[82],"age).":[85],"incidence":[87,140,265],"rate":[88,124,141],"subjects":[90],"or":[95],"older":[96],"1.0":[102],"cases":[103,116,126,166,183,195,213,224],"per":[104,117,127],"million":[105,118,128],"person-years":[106,119],"until":[107],"1964-1968,":[108],"then":[110],"it":[111],"rose":[112],"progressively":[113],"15.5":[115],"1979-1980.":[121,138],"highest":[123],"(69.7":[125],"person-years)":[129],"observed":[131],"65-":[133],"74-year-old":[135],"Western":[143,239],"greater":[146],"rates":[150],"other":[152],"states":[153],"after":[156,289],"mid":[158],"1960s.":[159],"Pleural":[160],"mesotheliomas":[161,177],"accounted":[162,178],"for":[163,179,187],"88%":[164],"which":[168],"site":[170,197],"tumour":[173],"known;":[175],"peritoneal":[176],"10%":[180],"such":[182,190],"\"other\"":[185],"sites":[186],"2%":[188],"cases.":[191],"In":[192],"6%":[193],"not":[199],"specified.":[200],"exposure":[202,249],"asbestos":[204,251,285],"stated":[206],"\"definite\"":[208],"59%":[210],"a":[215,290],"recorded":[216],"history":[217],"exposure:":[219],"8%":[220],"study":[227],"exposed":[230],"crocidolite":[232],"(blue":[233],"asbestos)":[234],"from":[235],"Wittenoom":[236],"Gorge":[237],"Australia.":[240],"age":[242],"known":[248,259],"similar":[253],"those":[257],"without":[258],"exposure.":[260],"increases":[262],"follow":[271],"published":[273],"trends":[274],"production":[277],"use":[279],"amphibole":[282],"varieties":[283],"this":[287],"country":[288],"lag":[291],"period":[292],"between":[294],"20":[295],"30":[297],"years.":[298]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-10-31T12:09:11.096373","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}