Assertion: asbestosis's latency period | /r/HasProperty | 10-40 years
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text: In the industrialized west, these heavy asbestos exposures peaked during the 1960s and 1970s and then declined as worker protection regulations were put in place and later as industrial use of asbestos decreased [NIOSH 2011a]. Because of long latency periods (10-40 years), workers exposed to asbestos in the 1960s and 1970s are now manifesting asbestos-associated diseases.
text: The latency period for asbestos diseases is between 10 to 40 years.