Mesothelioma incidence in the neighbourhood of an asbestos-cement plant located in a national priority contaminated site
BACKGROUND: An epidemic of asbestos-related disease is ongoing in most industrialized countries, mainly attributable to past occupational exposure but partly due to environmental exposure. In this perspective, the incidence of pleural mesothelioma close to a former asbestos-cement plant in a nationa...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Istituto Superiore di Sanità
2014-12-01
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Series: | Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-25712014000400005&lng=en&tlng=en |