Pleural mesothelioma mortality and asbestos exposure mapping in Italy

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-24

  Fazzo, Lucia ^a   de Santis, Marco ^a   Minelli, Giada ^a   Bruno, Caterina ^a   Zona, Amerigo ^a   Marinaccio, Alessandro ^b   Conti, Susanna ^a   Comba, Pietro ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Asbestos; Clustering; Geographic mortality; Mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA TUMOR; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK;

ADULT; AGED; ASBESTOS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK;

EID: 83155175129     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.21015     Document Type: Article

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