Association between asbestos exposure and pericardial and tunica vaginalis testis malignant mesothelioma: a case-control study and epidemiological remarks

• Main Authors: Alessandro Marinaccio (Author), Dario Consonni (Author), Carolina Mensi (Author), Dario Mirabelli (Author), Enrica Migliore (Author), Corrado Magnani (Author), Davide Di Marzio (Author), Valerio Gennaro (Author), Guido Mazzoleni (Author), Paolo Girardi (Author), Corrado Negro (Author), Antonio Romanelli (Author), Elisabetta Chellini (Author), Iolanda Grappasonni (Author), Gabriella Madeo (Author), Elisa Romeo (Author), Valeria Ascoli (Author), Francesco Carrozza (Author), Italo Francesco Angelillo (Author), Domenica Cavone (Author), Rosario Tumino (Author), Massimo Melis (Author), Stefania Curti (Author), Giovanni Brandi (Author), Stefano Mattioli (Author), Sergio Iavicoli (Author), ReNaM Working Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVES: The purposes of this study are to describe the epidemiology of pericardial and tunica vaginalis testis mesothelioma and assess the role of asbestos exposure for these rare diseases. METHODS: Based on incident pericardial and tunica vaginalis testis mesothelioma cases collected from the I...