The epidemiology of malignant mesothelioma in women: gender differences and modalities of asbestos exposure

Marinaccio, Alessandro; Corfiati, Marisa; Binazzi, Alessandra; Di Marzio, Davide; Scarselli, Alberto; Ferrante, Pierpaolo; Bonafede, Michela; Verardo, Marina; Mirabelli, Dario; Gennaro, Valerio; Mensi, Carolina; Schallemberg, Gert; Mazzoleni, Guido; Merler, Enzo; Girardi, Paolo; Negro, Corrado; D’Agostin, Flavia; Romanelli, Antonio; Chellini, Elisabetta; Silvestri, Stefano; Pascucci, Cristiana; Calisti, Roberto; Stracci, Fabrizio; Romeo, Elisa; Ascoli, Valeria; Trafficante, Luana; Carrozza, Francesco; Francesco Angelillo, Italo; Cavone, Domenica; Cauzillo, Gabriella; Tallarigo, Federico; ­Tumino, ­Rosario; Melis, Massimo; Iavicoli, Sergio

doi:10.1136/oemed-2016-104119

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The epidemiology of malignant mesothelioma in women: gender differences and modalities of asbestos exposure

Published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine • Dec 21, 2017

Authors:

Alessandro Marinaccio

Marisa Corfiati

Alessandra Binazzi

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The epidemiology of gender differences for mesothelioma incidence has been rarely discussed in national case lists. In Italy an epidemiological surveillance system (ReNaM) is working by the means of a national register. METHODS: Incident malignant mesothelioma (MM) cases in the period ...

Subject

Mesothelioma

Asbestos

Medicine

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