ReviewAnnals of translational medicine2017
Environmental asbestos exposure and risk of mesothelioma.
Review in Annals of translational medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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54 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 137 citations in OpenAlex.
- Examining the Environmental Ramifications of Asbestos Fiber Movement Through the Water-Soil Continuum: A Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Pooled it
- Psychological Distress in Patients With Asbestos-Related Diseases and Their Families: A Systematic Literature Review.Psycho-oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Understanding the palliative care needs and experiences of people with mesothelioma and their family carers: An integrative systematic review.Palliative medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Association between mesothelioma and non-occupational asbestos exposure: systematic review and meta-analysis.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2018Pooled it
- Malignant pleural mesothelioma classification and survival prediction with CT imaging using ResNet.European radiology · 2026Article
- Hidden in plain sight: a narrative review on environmental exposures and the fight against mesothelioma.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Review
- Development of a history-taking form for mesothelioma patients at risk of exposure to asbestos.Public health action · 2025Article
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- Preparation methodology evaluation of rat pulmonary tissues containing mineral fibers following inhalation exposure to Libby amphibole asbestos.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2025Article
- Mesothelioma Incidence Rates in Australia since 1982: Exploring Age, Period, and Cohort Effects and Future Projections.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2025Article
- Epidemiological Trends in Mesothelioma Mortality in Colombia (1997-2022): A Retrospective National Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Cytological Analysis of Upper Respiratory Tract Epithelial Cells in Chrysotile Asbestos Factory Workers.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Understanding exposure risk using soil testing and GIS around an abandoned asbestos mine.Annals of global health · 2025Article
- The aftermath of asbestos prohibition in industry and its association with malignant mesothelioma in the south of Iran: An enduring predicament yet to be resolved.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Pollution of the environment and building interiors during asbestos removal as a result of lack of negative pressure in the working areas.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Trends in Asbestos Exposure and Malignant Mesothelioma Incidence in Emilia-Romagna Italy: A Retrospective Study 1996-2023.La Medicina del lavoro · 2024Article
- Asbestos ban policies and mesothelioma mortality in Greece.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Regionalization of the Mortality Risk from Cardiomyopathy and Respiratory Diseases Based on the Maximum Entropy Model.Global health, epidemiology and genomics · 2024Article
- Caregivers of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma: who provides care, what care do they provide and what burden do they experience?Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Current causes of mesothelioma: how has the asbestos ban changed the perspective?Biomedical papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacky, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia · 2023Review
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Abstract
Mesothelioma is commonly considered an occupational disease occurring as a result of asbestos exposure in the workplace. Several avenues for environmental asbestos exposures have been described and may be associated with asbestos related disease, including mesothelioma. Worker take-home asbestos, or para-occupational exposure, has been well documented and is the most commonly reported pathway for asbestos exposure among mesothelioma cases that do not have history of occupational asbestos exposure. Observational studies have evaluated several communities with elevated mesothelioma incidence and environmental exposures attributed to local asbestos-related industries. Potential, but uncertain, mesothelioma risk also may be associated with general population asbestos exposure through contact with asbestos-containing commercial products, particularly housing materials that can be easily disturbed through normal activity. Finally, studies have described elevated mesothelioma incidence in several areas where populations are exposed to naturally occurring asbestos materials. These various environmental asbestos exposure pathways are poorly understood, and further studies should be pursued to evaluate their respective importance for population mesothelioma risk.
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