Magnitude of asbestos-related lung cancer mortality in Italy.
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.
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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
Scarselli
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Binazzi
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Mastrantonio
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Ferrante
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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*
D001194:Asbestos