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Is Mesothelioma Unrelated to the Lung Asbestos Burden? Comment on Visonà et al. 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. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18 , 2053

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  • Dario Mirabelli

    (Epidemiologia dei Tumori, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Università di Torino e CPO-Piemonte, 10126 Torino, Italy)

  • Alessia Angelini

    (Dipartimento di Medicina Traslazionale, Università del Piemonte Orientale, 28100 Novara, Italy)

  • Pietro Gino Barbieri

    (Registro Mesoteliomi della Provincia di Brescia, Servizio di Medicina del Lavoro, Azienda Sanitaria Locale di Brescia, 25100 Brescia, Italy)

  • Roberto Calisti

    (SNOP Società Nazionale Operatori Prevenzione, 65122 Pescara, Italy
    Epidemiologia Occupazionale, Servizio Salute e Sicurezza del Lavoro, Azienda Sanitaria Unica Regionale delle Marche, 62012 Civitanova Marche, Italy)

  • Fabio Capacci

    (Prevenzione Igiene e Sicurezza dei Luoghi di Lavoro, Dipartimento di Prevenzione, Unità Sanitaria Locale Firenze, 50100 Firenze, Italy)

  • Paolo Girardi

    (Dipartimento di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e della Socializzazione, Università di Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy)

  • Stefano Silvestri

    (Dipartimento di Medicina Traslazionale, Università del Piemonte Orientale, 28100 Novara, Italy)

  • Anna Benedetta Somigliana

    (Centro Regionale Microscopia Elettronica, Laboratorio Area Ovest–Settore Laboratori, Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione Ambientale della Lombardia, 20129 Milano, Italy)

Abstract

We read with interest the report by Visonà and coworkers on the lung asbestos fiber burden in an autopsy series of decedents from mesothelioma (MM: 59 cases) and individuals who “suffered from asbestosis and died of its complications” (13 cases) [...]

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  • Dario Mirabelli & Alessia Angelini & Pietro Gino Barbieri & Roberto Calisti & Fabio Capacci & Paolo Girardi & Stefano Silvestri & Anna Benedetta Somigliana, 2021. "Is Mesothelioma Unrelated to the Lung Asbestos Burden? Comment on Visonà et al. Inorganic Fiber Lung Burden in Subjects with Occupational and/or Anthropogenic Environmental Asbestos Exposure in Broni ," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(13), pages 1-3, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:13:p:7177-:d:588490
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