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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2018

Environmental asbestos exposure and mesothelioma cases in Bari, Apulia region, southern Italy: a national interest site for land reclamation.

Luigi Vimercati, Domenica Cavone, Piero Lovreglio, Luigi De Maria, Antonio Caputi, Giovanni Maria Ferri, Gabriella Serio

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Luigi VimercatiInterdisciplinary Department of Medicine (DIM), Unit of Occupational Medicine, University Aldo Moro of Bari Medical School, 11 G. Cesare Square, 70124, Bari, Italy. luigi.vimercati@uniba.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4072-2871
Domenica CavoneInterdisciplinary Department of Medicine (DIM), Unit of Occupational Medicine, University Aldo Moro of Bari Medical School, 11 G. Cesare Square, 70124, Bari, Italy.
Piero LovreglioInterdisciplinary Department of Medicine (DIM), Unit of Occupational Medicine, University Aldo Moro of Bari Medical School, 11 G. Cesare Square, 70124, Bari, Italy.
Luigi De MariaInterdisciplinary Department of Medicine (DIM), Unit of Occupational Medicine, University Aldo Moro of Bari Medical School, 11 G. Cesare Square, 70124, Bari, Italy.
Antonio CaputiInterdisciplinary Department of Medicine (DIM), Unit of Occupational Medicine, University Aldo Moro of Bari Medical School, 11 G. Cesare Square, 70124, Bari, Italy.
Giovanni Maria FerriInterdisciplinary Department of Medicine (DIM), Unit of Occupational Medicine, University Aldo Moro of Bari Medical School, 11 G. Cesare Square, 70124, Bari, Italy.
Gabriella SerioDepartment of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO), Pathology Division, University Aldo Moro of Bari Medical School, 11 G. Cesare Square, 70124, Bari, Italy.
University of Bari Aldo Moro · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Asbestos is an environmental carcinogen, and asbestos-related diseases are a global-scale public health issue. We report three cases (one male and two females) of pleural malignant mesothelioma (PMM) caused by environmental asbestos exposure reported by the Apulia Regional Operating Centre (COR) to the National Mesothelioma Registry (ReNaM). The patients revealed no history of asbestos exposure even after detailed assessment. The environmental (neighborhood) asbestos exposure for each of the three cases was due to both the residential history of the subjects and their workplace, close to a military barracks, at a distance of between 45 and 100 m. Moreover, in addition to this new source of pollution, an asbestos cement factory was located in the urban area of Bari municipality, in the Apulia region, southern Italy. Environmental-residential/neighborhood asbestos exposure in the city of Bari, a contaminated area classified as a site of national concern for land reclamation, is discussed also with reference to the military barracks.

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Environmental ExposureAgedAntineoplastic AgentsAsbestosCarcinogens, EnvironmentalCitiesFatal OutcomeFemaleHumansItalyLung NeoplasmsMaleMesotheliomaMesothelioma, MalignantMiddle AgedTreatment OutcomeAntineoplastic AgentsAsbestosCarcinogens, EnvironmentalAsbestosBari, Apulia. ItalyContaminated townEnvironmental-residential-neighborhood exposureMesotheliomaMesothelioma registryMilitary barracksPublic health

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