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

• Main Authors: Lucia Fazzo (Author), Simona Menegozzo (Author), Maria Eleonora Soggiu (Author), Marco De Santis (Author), Michele Santoro (Author), Valentina Cozza (Author), Amelia Brangi (Author), Massimo Menegozzo (Author), Pietro Comba (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...