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Environmental household exposures to asbestos and occurrence of pleural mesothelioma
Author(s) -
Dodoli Daniela,
Nevo Maurizio Del,
Fiumalbi Carla,
Iaia Tonina Enza,
Cristaudo Alfonso,
Comba Pietro,
Viti Cecilia,
Battista Giuseppe
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/ajim.4700210508
Subject(s) - asbestos , medicine , mesothelioma , environmental health , occupational exposure , pathology , materials science , metallurgy
We reviewed the certificates of 39,650 deaths which occurred in the period 1975‐1988 in Leghorn and of 45,900 in La Spezia (Italy) in the period 1958–1988. In total 262 cases have been recorded as pleural mesothelioma. The main occupational exposures occurred in the shipbuilding industry. Regarding non‐occupational exposures to asbestos, 13 cases of mesothelioma were found in women who had washed the work clothes of their relatives at home; we also found other domestic uses of asbestos which were rarely or never discussed previously in the literature: six cases might be explained by the installation of fireproof or non‐conductive materials in the domestic environment. These exposures probably are more frequent than realized until now. © 1992 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.