title: Magnitude of asbestos-related lung cancer mortality in Italy.
abstract: An ecological study, based on a data set containing all lung and pleural cancer deaths in each Italian municipality in the period 1980-2001, was performed. The pleural to lung cancer ratio was estimated to be 1 : 1 and 3% (around 700) of all male lung cancer deaths were found to be asbestos-related.
authors.affiliation: Epidemiology Unit, Department of Occupational Medicine, Italian National Institute for Occupational Safety and Prevention, Via Alessandria 220/E, Rome 00198, Italy. alessandro.marinaccio@ispesl.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marinaccio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scarselli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Binazzi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mastrantonio
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ferrante
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iavicoli
mesh_terms: D001194:Asbestos / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001195:Asbestosis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*
chemical_list: D001194:Asbestos