Familial malignant mesothelioma: A population-based study in Central Italy (1980-2012)

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 273-278

  Ascoli, Valeria ^a   Romeo, Elisa ^b   Carnovale Scalzo, Caterina ^b   Cozzi, Ilaria ^b   Ancona, Laura ^b   Cavariani, Fulvio ^c   Balestri, Anna ^c   Gasperini, Letizia ^c   Forastiere, Francesco ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c Laboratory of Industrial Hygiene Asbestos Regional Center Local Health Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asbestos exposure; Family history; Italy; Lung cancer; Malignant mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CROCIDOLITE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BRACHYDACTYLY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; COLON POLYP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILIAL INCIDENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SIBLING; THIRD DEGREE RELATIVE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; ITALY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 84900479753     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2014.02.014     Document Type: Article

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