ArticleJournal of public health research2018
Impact of asbestos on public health: a retrospective study on a series of subjects with occupational and non-occupational exposure to asbestos during the activity of Fibronit plant (Broni, Italy).
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- Housing Risk Factors Associated with Respiratory Disease: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
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- Mosses in Urban Environments as Passive Biofilters and Organisms Impacted by Asbestos-Contaminated Habitats.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Review
- Burden and trends of cancer attributable to occupational asbestos exposure in China from 1990 to 2021.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Narrative review of occupational exposures and noncommunicable diseases.Annals of work exposures and health · 2024Review
- The natural reduction of threat in selected systems of old buildings containing asbestos.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Serum Calretinin as a Biomarker in Malignant Mesothelioma.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Investigating the Molecular Processes behind the Cell-Specific Toxicity Response to Titanium Dioxide Nanobelts.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Activity-Based Exposure Levels and Cancer Risk Assessment Due to Naturally Occurring Asbestos for the Residents Near Abandoned Asbestos Mines in South Korea.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Inorganic Fiber Lung Burden in Subjects with Occupational and/or Anthropogenic Environmental Asbestos Exposure in Broni (Pavia, Northern Italy): An SEM-EDS Study on Autoptic Samples.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Asbestos in High-Risk Communities: Public Health Implications.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Asbestos Air Pollution: Description of a Mesothelioma Cluster Due to Residential Exposure from an Asbestos Cement Factory.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Health impact of exposure to asbestos in polluted area of Southern Italy.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2019Review
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Abstract
The goal of this study is to understand more about the role of asbestos in causing human diseases, first of all mesothelioma, by investigating a large series of deaths due to asbestos-related diseases (ARDs). The main aim is to clarify if even very low amounts of asbestos can cause mesothelioma and other ARDs, as well as to find out if a different individual vulnerability can be important. This retrospective study included 188 subjects who died from asbestos related diseases in 2000-2017 in the area around Broni, Italy, where an important asbestos cement factory had been active from 1932 until 1993. In each case, a forensic autopsy has been performed. In order to perform the present study, the records were retrieved, including the clinical files, the autopsy, and the histological report. The statistical analysis performed showed that there was a significant relation between the cause of death (mesothelioma, lung cancer or asbestosis) and the kind of exposure (occupational, neighborhood or household), showing that all the subjects not exposed occupationally (and, therefore, exposed to lower amounts of asbestos) died from mesothelioma, whereas the individuals who used to work at the plant died also from other caused (asbestosis, lung cancer). Significant differences were highlighted examining the distribution of the causes of death according to the smoking habits. Moreover, among the mesothelioma patients, the survival time was shorter in the subjects with a neighborhood or household exposure than in the occupationally exposed individuals. The study provided meaningful data about the role of asbestos in causing human pathologies. In particular, the present data appear to support the hypothesis that even an exposure to a very little amount of asbestos can cause mesothelioma in hypersusceptible subjects (probably, on a genetic basis).
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