Asbestos was widely used in construction in both a friable and a compact form until the 1990s, before its use was banned. Today, many of these materials are still in situ and represent a source of risk for construction workers. The objective of the study was to analyse the cases of mesothelioma arising among construction workers registered in the Apulia regional register of mesothelioma.

Malignant mesothelioma in construction workers: the Apulia regional mesothelioma register, Southern Italy

Vimercati, L
Conceptualization
;
Cavone, D
Conceptualization
;
Caputi, A
Membro del Collaboration Group
;
De Maria, L
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
;
Ferri, G M
Conceptualization
;
Serio, G
2019-01-01

Abstract

Asbestos was widely used in construction in both a friable and a compact form until the 1990s, before its use was banned. Today, many of these materials are still in situ and represent a source of risk for construction workers. The objective of the study was to analyse the cases of mesothelioma arising among construction workers registered in the Apulia regional register of mesothelioma.
File in questo prodotto:
File Dimensione Formato  
2019 (Rint) Malignant mesothelioma in construction workers.pdf

accesso aperto

Tipologia: Documento in Versione Editoriale
Licenza: Creative commons
Dimensione 614.44 kB
Formato Adobe PDF
614.44 kB Adobe PDF Visualizza/Apri

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11586/242986
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? 12
  • Scopus 16
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
social impact