Health impact of the exposure to fibres with fluoro-edenitic composition on the residents in Biancavilla (Sicily, Italy): mortality and hospitalization from current data

INTRODUCTION. The objective of this chapter is to study the health impact of the exposure to fibres with fluoro-edenitic composition on the residents in Biancavilla (Sicily, Italy), in terms of mortality and hospitalization. The diseases which international scientific literature indicates as associa...

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Main Authors: Susanna Conti, Giada Minelli, Valerio Manno, Ivano Iavarone, Pietro Comba, Salvatore Scondotto, Achille Cernigliaro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità 2014-06-01
Series:Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-25712014000200004&lng=en&tlng=en