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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doaj-4414f8d25458464182fb91335d802b642020-11-25T03:49:51ZengIstituto Superiore di SanitàAnnali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità0021-25712014-06-0150212713210.4415/ANN_14_02_04S0021-25712014000200004Health impact of the exposure to fibres with fluoro-edenitic composition on the residents in Biancavilla (Sicily, Italy): mortality and hospitalization from current dataSusanna Conti0Giada Minelli1Valerio Manno2Ivano Iavarone3Pietro Comba4Salvatore Scondotto5Achille Cernigliaro6Istituto Superiore di SanitàIstituto Superiore di SanitàIstituto Superiore di SanitàIstituto Superiore di SanitàIstituto Superiore di SanitàOsservatorio Epidemiologico della Regione SiciliaOsservatorio Epidemiologico della Regione SiciliaINTRODUCTION. 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 associated with asbestos exposure were taken into consideration: mesothelioma of pleura, peritoneum, pericardium and tunica vaginalis testis, malignant neoplasm of larynx, malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus and lung, malignant neoplasm of ovary, pneumoconiosis; moreover, in order to describe the health profile of the study population, large groups of diseases were taken into consideration. MATERIAL AND METHODS. Current data (available in the Data Bases of the Unit of Statistics of ISS) regarding mortality and hospitalization were analyzed. Standardized Mortality Ratios, Standardized Hospitalization Ratios and Age-standardized Death Rates were calculated. The demographic background of the population residing in Biancavilla was also outlined. Conclusions. Our findings support the etiologic role of fibres with fluoro-edenitic composition in the occurrence of the above mentioned diseases, already observed in other studies.http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-25712014000200004&lng=en&tlng=enmortalityhealth profileasbestosfluoro-edenite |
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Susanna Conti Giada Minelli Valerio Manno Ivano Iavarone Pietro Comba Salvatore Scondotto Achille Cernigliaro Health impact of the exposure to fibres with fluoro-edenitic composition on the residents in Biancavilla (Sicily, Italy): mortality and hospitalization from current data Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità mortality health profile asbestos fluoro-edenite |
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Susanna Conti Giada Minelli Valerio Manno Ivano Iavarone Pietro Comba Salvatore Scondotto Achille Cernigliaro |
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Health impact of the exposure to fibres with fluoro-edenitic composition on the residents in Biancavilla (Sicily, Italy): mortality and hospitalization from current data |
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Health impact of the exposure to fibres with fluoro-edenitic composition on the residents in Biancavilla (Sicily, Italy): mortality and hospitalization from current data |
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Health impact of the exposure to fibres with fluoro-edenitic composition on the residents in Biancavilla (Sicily, Italy): mortality and hospitalization from current data |
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Health impact of the exposure to fibres with fluoro-edenitic composition on the residents in Biancavilla (Sicily, Italy): mortality and hospitalization from current data |
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Health impact of the exposure to fibres with fluoro-edenitic composition on the residents in Biancavilla (Sicily, Italy): mortality and hospitalization from current data |
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health impact of the exposure to fibres with fluoro-edenitic composition on the residents in biancavilla (sicily, italy): mortality and hospitalization from current data |
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Istituto Superiore di Sanità |
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Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità |
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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 associated with asbestos exposure were taken into consideration: mesothelioma of pleura, peritoneum, pericardium and tunica vaginalis testis, malignant neoplasm of larynx, malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus and lung, malignant neoplasm of ovary, pneumoconiosis; moreover, in order to describe the health profile of the study population, large groups of diseases were taken into consideration. MATERIAL AND METHODS. Current data (available in the Data Bases of the Unit of Statistics of ISS) regarding mortality and hospitalization were analyzed. Standardized Mortality Ratios, Standardized Hospitalization Ratios and Age-standardized Death Rates were calculated. The demographic background of the population residing in Biancavilla was also outlined. Conclusions. Our findings support the etiologic role of fibres with fluoro-edenitic composition in the occurrence of the above mentioned diseases, already observed in other studies. |
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mortality health profile asbestos fluoro-edenite |
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