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Fluoro-edenitic fibres in the sputum of subjects from Biancavilla (Sicily): a pilot study

BACKGROUND: An excess of mortality for malignant neoplasms of the pleura in Biancavilla, promoted an investigation for pleural mesothelioma, disclosing 17 cases. As the absence of known sources of asbestos exposure, a local stone quarry, located near the inhabited area, used for the extraction of bu...

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Autores principales: Putzu, Maria Grazia, Bruno, Caterina, Zona, Amerigo, Massiccio, Marilena, Pasetto, Roberto, Piolatto, Pier Giorgio, Comba, Pietro
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1557492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16780574
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-5-20