Incidence of pleural mesothelioma in Liguria Region, Italy (1996-2002)

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 41, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 2709-2714

  Gennaro, V ^a   Ugolini, D ^a,b   Viarengo, P ^a   Benfatto, L ^a   Bianchelli, M ^a   Lazzarotto, A ^a,b   Montanaro, F ^c   Puntoni, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Environmental exposure; Incidence; Italy; Mesothelioma; Occupational exposure; Registries

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECORDING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 27744531629     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2005.04.047     Document Type: Article

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