接触石棉与癌发生的危险一直是许多流行病学研究的课题。由于在第二次大战期间美国造船厂雇用了大量工人(估计有4,500,000人)在造船厂工作。所以接触石棉与有关癌的发生的长期危险性引起了人们的关注。尤其关注的是这些二次大战期间在海军船厂接触石棉的工人癌发生的危险的程度。本文作者曾报道过对珍珠港海军造船厂(PHNS)工人的一个回顾性人群(近9000人)随访24年后的研究结果。在 The risk of exposure to asbestos and cancer has been the subject of many epidemiological studies. Due to the large number of workers (estimated at 4,500,000) employed by US shipyards during World War II at the shipyard. Therefore, the long-term risk of exposure to asbestos and related cancers has aroused people’s attention. Of particular concern is the extent to which cancer among workers exposed to asbestos in naval shipyards during World War II is at risk. The authors of this report have reported the results of a 24-year follow-up of a retrospective population of nearly 9,000 workers at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard (PHNS). in