Dust-related disease in WA: asbestos, silica and diesel exposures, lifestyle factors and genetic predisposition.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/139047

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

This multi-factorial project will extend the follow-up of 4 large, established groups of people who have experienced significant exposure to asbestos, silica or diesel, either through their jobs, or environmentally. Mesothelioma, lung cancer and prostate cancer are common among these groups. The study will provide important information on the effects of different levels of exposure to these three cancer-causing agents, as well as their effects on chronic respiratory diseases such as asbestosis, silicosis, asthma and tuberculosis. Ways in which these diseases may be prevented through the diet and other lifestyle habits (including smoking, alcohol consumption and exercise), will be closely examined. This study will also help to identify the genes which may place some people at a higher risk than others.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2001

End Date: 01-01-2003

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $567,226.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Ophthalmology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | Cohort Studies | Dust-related Disease | Genetic epidemiology | Lung Cancer | Mesothelioma | Nutritional epidemiology | Occupational epidemiology | Prostate Cancer | Respiratory Medicine

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