ABSTRACT
Original language: English Title: MORTALITY IN THE CROCIDOLITE INDUSTRY OF
WITTENOOM, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Research protocol:
6,505 males and 411 females known to have been employed in the crocidolite industry at Wittenoom, Western Australia between 1943 and 1966 have been followed through various public records to December 1980 providing 95,264 person years of follow-up of males and 4,914 person years of follow-up for the females up to the date last known to be alive. Vital status and certified cause of death has been determined and standardized mortality ratios estimated for the coded cause of death.
