| Document ID (ISN) | 110298 |
| CIS number |
09-1251 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0340-0131 - International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health |
| Year |
2009 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Musti M., Pollice A., Cavone D., Dragonieri S., Bilancia M. |
| Title |
The relationship between malignant mesothelioma and an asbestos cement plant environmental risk: A spatial case-control study in the city of Bari (Italy) |
| Bibliographic information |
Mar. 2009, Vol.82, No.4, p.489-497. Illus. 45 ref. |
| Abstract |
To estimate the mesothelioma risk and environmental asbestos exposure due to an Italian asbestos-cement plant, 48 incident cases of malignant mesothelioma (MM) in the period 1993-2003 were selected from the regional mesothelioma register, together with 273 controls randomly-selected among residents of the region having died from other causes. The mesothelioma risk was estimated by means of a logistic-regression model, in which the probability of mesothelioma occurrence was expressed as a function of distances from the plant. A significant MM odds ratio of 5.29 was found for persons living within a range up to 500m of the plant. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
mesothelioma; Italy; asbestos cement industry; neighbourhood populations; risk factors |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
mortality; hazard evaluation; statistical evaluation; health service records; case-control study |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Italy |
| Subject(s) |
Materials, glass and ceramics
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Cement and concrete
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