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Brief Research Description

• Evaluation of carcinogenic risk in the living and working environment in particular associated with exposure to asbestos

• Cohort studies about mortality and incidence of mesothelioma among subjects with occupational and domestic exposure to asbestos

• Case-control study of malignant pleural mesothelioma for the evaluation of exposure determinants and their association with the disease onset

• Epidemiological surveillance of the former exposed to asbestos for the prevention of risks

• Evaluation of the long-term effects of domestic exposure to asbestos in a cohort of ex-exposed workers’ wives

• Studies on particular cohorts of exposure to asbestos in Italy in order to evaluate the trend of the risk of neoplastic pathology for the main temporal variables

• Study on the etiology of tumors of the lymphaemopoietic system and neuroblastomas in children (SETIL multi-center epidemiological study)

Keywords

Asbestos, cohort studies, risk factors, exposure, mesothelioma 

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