An Approach to Overcome the Limitations of Surveillance of Asbestos Related Diseases in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: What We Learned from the Sibaté Study in Colombia

• Main Authors: Juan Pablo Ramos-Bonilla (Author), Margarita Giraldo (Author), Daniela Marsili (Author), Roberto Pasetto (Author), Benedetto Terracini (Author), Agata Mazzeo (Author), Corrado Magnani (Author), Pietro Comba (Author), Benjamin Lysaniuk (Author), María Fernanda Cely-García (Author), Valeria Ascoli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ubiquity Press, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: The asbestos industry began its operations in Colombia in 1942 with the establishment of an asbestos-cement facility in Sibaté, located in the Department of Cundinamarca. Despite extensive asbestos use and production in Colombia, the country lacks a reliable epidemiological surveillan...