Mesothelioma mortality surveillance and asbestos exposure tracking in Italy

Mesothelioma mortality surveillance and asbestos exposure tracking in Italy

INTRODUCTION: Spatial distribution of mortality from pleural mesothelioma (which in the ICD-10 Revision has a specific code: C45.0) in Italy for the period 2003-2009 is described. Previous mortality studies at national level employed the topographic code "Malignant neoplasms of pleura", be...

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Main Authors: Lucia Fazzo, Giada Minelli, Marco De Santis, Caterina Bruno, Amerigo Zona, Alessandro Marinaccio, Susanna Conti, Roberta Pirastu, Pietro Comba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità 2012-01-01
Series:Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Subjects:
mesotelioma
mortalità
amianto
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-25712012000300011&lng=en&tlng=en

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