Mortality from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pleural mesothelioma in an area contaminated by natural fiber (fluoro-edenite) | Zendy

Annibale Biggeri | Zendy; Roberto Pasetto | Zendy; Stefano Belli | Zendy; Caterina Bruno | Zendy; Guiseppe Di Maria | Zendy; Marina Mastrantonio | Zendy; Stefania Trinca | Zendy; Raffaella Uccelli | Zendy; Pietro Comba | Zendy

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Mortality from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pleural mesothelioma in an area contaminated by natural fiber (fluoro-edenite)

Author(s) -

Annibale Biggeri,

Roberto Pasetto,

Stefano Belli,

Caterina Bruno,

Guiseppe Di Maria,

Marina Mastrantonio,

Stefania Trinca,

Raffaella Uccelli,

Pietro Comba

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

scandinavian journal of work environment and health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621

H-Index - 103

eISSN - 1795-990X

pISSN - 0355-3140

DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.786

Subject(s) - medicine , copd , mesothelioma , ecological study , mortality rate , demography , population , pathology , environmental health , sociology

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the association between mortality from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and exposure to fluoro-edenite, a newly discovered amphibolic fiber found in Biancavilla (Sicily), a municipality on the slope of the Etna volcano, where a high mortality from malignant mesothelioma had been previously observed.

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