Excess of mesotheliomas after exposure to chrysotile in Balangero, Italy

Background: Chrysotile from the mine in Balangero, Italy is considered to be free of tremolite. In a cohort study of miners and millers only two pleural cancers were reported, a finding considered to indicate that chrysotile has a low potency for inducing mesothelioma. However, follow-up ended in 19...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Occupational and environmental medicine (London, England) England), 2008-12, Vol.65 (12), p.815-819
Hauptverfasser:	Mirabelli, D, Calisti, R, Barone-Adesi, F, Fornero, E, Merletti, F, Magnani, C
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Air pollution Asbestos Asbestos mining Asbestos, Serpentine - adverse effects Biological and medical sciences Chemical and industrial products toxicology. Toxic occupational diseases Employees Humans Inorganic dusts (pneumoconiosises) and organic dusts (byssinosis etc.) Italy - epidemiology Male Manual labor Manual workers Medical sciences Mesothelioma Mesothelioma - epidemiology Mesothelioma - etiology Middle Aged Mine tailings Mine waste Mine wastes Mining Mortality Occupational Diseases - epidemiology Occupational Diseases - etiology Occupational exposure Occupational Exposure - adverse effects Occupational Exposure - analysis Pleural Neoplasms - epidemiology Pleural Neoplasms - etiology Railroad track components Subcontractors Tailings Toxicology
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