Open AccessMortality 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,
Giuseppe 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.