title: [Pleural mesothelioma and environmental exposure to mineral fibres: the case of a rural area in the Basilicata region, Italy].
abstract: The main aspects of the sites characterized by environmental exposure to mineral asbestiform fibres are described. Several adverse health effects including high incidence of pleural mesothelioma are reported. The average concentration of airborne fibres is generally low but it rises significantly in association with mechanical disturb of materials with fibres. Multiple sources of exposure have been identified, fibres can be found in the soil and in many materials locally used, mainly in buildings. Three mesothelioma cases were observed in a small rural area of the Basilicata region (Italy). Two of them had a possible occupational exposure to asbestos, the third had a proved environmental exposure to tremolite. This fibre, found in the area, is the same observed in two of the three biological samples analysed.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Ambiente e Connessa Prevenzione Primaria, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. pasetto@iss.it
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pasetto
authors.forename: Biagio
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bruni
authors.forename: Caterina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bruno
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cauzillo
authors.forename: Domenica
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cavone
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Convertini
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: De Mei
authors.forename: Achille
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marconi
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Montagano
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Musti
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Paoletti
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Comba
mesh_terms: D001194:Asbestos / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017636:Asbestos, Amphibole / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D019016:Mineral Fibers / Q000009:adverse effects; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012424:Rural Population
chemical_list: D017636:Asbestos, Amphibole; D019016:Mineral Fibers; D001194:Asbestos; C005846:tremolite