Mesothelioma mortality surveillance and asbestos exposure tracking in Italy

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 300-310

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

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Registro Nazionale dei Mesoteliomi   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Geographic mortality; Mesothelioma; Polluted Sites

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ITALY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ASBESTOS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ITALY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 84866677756     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4415/ANN_12_03_11     Document Type: Article

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