Alessandro Marinaccio, Davide Di Marzio, Carolina Mensi, Dario Consonni, Carmela Gioscia, Enrica Migliore, Carlo Genova, Roberta Rossetto Giaccherino, Silvia Eccher, Stefano Murano, Vera Comiati, Veronica Casotto, Corrado Negro, Lucia Mangone, Lucia Miligi, Sara Piro, Alessia Angelini, Iolanda Grappasonni, Gabriella Madeo, Ilaria Cozzi, Laura Ancona, Tommaso Staniscia, Francesco Carrozza, Domenica Cavone, Luigi Vimercati, Michele Labianca, Federico Tallarigo, Giuseppe Cascone, Massimo Melis, Michela Bonafede, Alberto Scarselli, Alessandra Binazzi
INTRODUCTION: The epidemiological surveillance of mesothelioma incidence is a crucial key for investigating the occupational and environmental sources of asbestos exposure. The median age at diagnosis is generally high, according to the long latency of the disease. The purposes of this study are to analyse the incidence of mesothelioma in young people and to evaluate the modalities of asbestos exposure. METHODS: Incident malignant mesothelioma (MM) cases in the period 1993-2018 were retrieved from Italian national mesothelioma registry and analysed for gender, incidence period, morphology and exposure...
October 9, 2023: Occupational and Environmental Medicine