Sentences with phrase «between exposure to asbestos»

Both asbestosis and pleural thickening have a long latency period (the time which must pass between the exposure to asbestos which has caused the condition and the development of symptoms).

Not exact matches

The symptoms and presentation of this disease can be identical to IPF; the only difference between the two diseases is whether a patient knows about their exposure to asbestos.

Regardless of the decades that may have occurred between asbestos exposure and the rapid onset of mesothelioma, the burden is on you to prove the where, how and when details of the exposure.

Companies that used asbestos have known about the link between asbestos exposure and smoking for decades but, instead of warning their workers about this extreme risk, they chose to ignore the dangers.

Despite the common length of time between exposure and symptoms, notification within a year of the initial diagnosis of asbestos cancer or mesothelioma allows a DC asbestos lawyer to begin investigating legitimate cases.

However, the starting point is not usually the date of exposure to asbestos — in any event would you be likely to know that, other than that it was likely to have occurred within say a period between 1970 and 1979 when you worked at a particular workplace?