Asbestos related diseases in Italy: An integrated approach to identify unexpected professional or environmental exposure risks at municipal level

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 993-1001

  Marinaccio, Alessandro ^a   Scarselli, Alberto ^a   Binazzi, Alessandra ^a   Altavista, Pierluigi ^b   Belli, Stefano ^c   Mastrantonio, Marina ^b   Pasetto, Roberto ^c   Uccelli, Raffaella ^b   Comba, Pietro ^c  

^a Italian National Institute for Occupational Safety and Prevention   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asbestos exposures; Asbestosis; Italy; Malignant mesothelioma; Mortality; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; ITALY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ASBESTOS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 44649178206     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-007-0293-x     Document Type: Article

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