Mesothelioma incidence in the neighbourhood of an asbestos-cement plant located in a national priority contaminated site

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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Main Authors: Lucia Fazzo, Simona Menegozzo, Maria Eleonora Soggiu, Marco De Santis, Michele Santoro, Valentina Cozza, Amelia Brangi, Massimo Menegozzo, Pietro Comba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità 2014-12-01
Series:Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Subjects:
mesothelioma
incidence
asbestos
contaminated site
environmental exposure
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-25712014000400005&lng=en&tlng=en

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