Health impact of exposure to asbestos in polluted area of Southern Italy

The three main sources of asbestos pollution in the city of Bari, Puglia, the former Fibronit asbestos factory, the Torre Quetta beach, the former Rossani barracks and the history of their reclamation are described. The results of cohort studies on factory workers and case-control studies on asbesto...

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Autores principales: VIMERCATI, L., CAVONE, D., MANSI, F., CANNONE, E.S.S., DE MARIA, L., CAPUTI, A., DELFINO, M.C., SERIO, G.
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6953442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31967100
http://dx.doi.org/10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2019.60.4.1330
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CAVONE, D.
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description The three main sources of asbestos pollution in the city of Bari, Puglia, the former Fibronit asbestos factory, the Torre Quetta beach, the former Rossani barracks and the history of their reclamation are described. The results of cohort studies on factory workers and case-control studies on asbestos exposure to the resident population and the onset of mesothelioma are also reported. Finally, the data of the regional register of mesothelioma related to residents in the city of Bari and four new cases with environmental exposure due to the former Rossani barracks are presented.
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spelling pubmed-69534422020-01-21 Health impact of exposure to asbestos in polluted area of Southern Italy VIMERCATI, L. CAVONE, D. MANSI, F. CANNONE, E.S.S. DE MARIA, L. CAPUTI, A. DELFINO, M.C. SERIO, G. J Prev Med Hyg Original Article The three main sources of asbestos pollution in the city of Bari, Puglia, the former Fibronit asbestos factory, the Torre Quetta beach, the former Rossani barracks and the history of their reclamation are described. The results of cohort studies on factory workers and case-control studies on asbestos exposure to the resident population and the onset of mesothelioma are also reported. Finally, the data of the regional register of mesothelioma related to residents in the city of Bari and four new cases with environmental exposure due to the former Rossani barracks are presented. Pacini Editore Srl 2019-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6953442/ /pubmed/31967100 http://dx.doi.org/10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2019.60.4.1330 Text en ©2019 Pacini Editore SRL, Pisa, Italy http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
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DELFINO, M.C.
SERIO, G.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2019.60.4.1330
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