Rates of malignant mesothelioma have levelled off in Australia, but the changing patterns of asbestos-related diseases mean clinicians must be vigilant about taking exposure histories from their patients, according to the authors of an Editorial published in the Medical Journal of Australia . “Since prohibition of the production and importation of asbestos in Australia in 2004, patterns of workforce and domestic exposure have further changed,” lead author Professor Arthur Musk, from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth, wrote.
