Pleural malignant mesothelioma epidemic: Incidence, modalities of asbestos exposure and occupations involved from the Italian National Register

Marinaccio, Alessandro; Binazzi, Alessandra; Di Marzio, Davide; Scarselli, Alberto; Verardo, Marina; Mirabelli, Dario; Gennaro, Valerio; Mensi, Carolina; Riboldi, Luciano; Merler, Enzo; De Zotti, Renata; Romanelli, Antonio; Chellini, Elisabetta; Silvestri, Stefano; Pascucci, Cristiana; Romeo, Elisa; Menegozzo, Simona; Musti, Marina; Cavone, Domenica; Cauzillo, Gabriella; ­Tumino, ­Rosario; Nicita, Carmela; Melis, Massimo; Iavicoli, Sergio; Working Group, ReNaM

doi:10.1002/ijc.26229

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Pleural malignant mesothelioma epidemic: Incidence, modalities of asbestos exposure and occupations involved from the Italian National Register

Published in International Journal of Cancer • Jun 6, 2011

Authors:

Alessandro Marinaccio

Alessandra Binazzi

Davide Di Marzio

Abstract

Due to the large scale use of asbestos (more than 3.5 million tons produced or imported until its definitive banning in 1992), a specific national surveillance system of mesothelioma incident cases is active in Italy, with direct and individual anamnestic etiological investigation. In the period bet...

Subject

Asbestos

Mesothelioma

Medicine

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