Clinical investigation of former workers exposed to asbestos: the health surveillance experience of an Italian University Hospital

• Main Authors: Luigi De Maria (Author), Floriana Pentimone (Author), Domenica Cavone (Author), Antonio Caputi (Author), Stefania Sponselli (Author), Francesco Fragassi (Author), Francesco Dicataldo (Author), Vito Luisi (Author), Giuseppe Delvecchio (Author), Gianmarco Giannelli (Author), Francesco Cafaro (Author), Stefano Sole (Author), Claudia Ronghi (Author), Silvia Zagaria (Author), Giuseppe Loiacono (Author), Gianfranco Sifanno (Author), Giovanni Maria Ferri (Author), Luigi Vimercati (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundThe need for health surveillance of former workers exposed to asbestos was provided by law in Italy after the asbestos ban in 1992.ObjectivesWe describe the results of the health surveillance of former workers exposed to asbestos, conducted over 27 years, from 1994 to 2020, at the Operativ...