Cumulative asbestos exposure and mortality from asbestos related diseases in a pooled analysis of 21 asbestos cement cohorts in Italy

• Main Authors: Ferdinando Luberto (Author), Daniela Ferrante (Author), Stefano Silvestri (Author), Alessia Angelini (Author), Francesco Cuccaro (Author), Anna Maria Nannavecchia (Author), Enrico Oddone (Author), Massimo Vicentini (Author), Francesco Barone-Adesi (Author), Tiziana Cena (Author), Dario Mirabelli (Author), Lucia Mangone (Author), Francesca Roncaglia (Author), Orietta Sala (Author), Simona Menegozzo (Author), Roberta Pirastu (Author), Danila Azzolina (Author), Sara Tunesi (Author), Elisabetta Chellini (Author), Lucia Miligi (Author), Patrizia Perticaroli (Author), Aldo Pettinari (Author), Vittoria Bressan (Author), Enzo Merler (Author), Paolo Girardi (Author), Lucia Bisceglia (Author), Alessandro Marinaccio (Author), Stefania Massari (Author), Corrado Magnani (Author), the working group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Despite the available information on cancer risk, asbestos is used in large areas in the world, mostly in the production of asbestos cement. Moreover, questions are raised regarding the shape of the dose response relation, the relation with time since exposure and the association...