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Carcinoid Tumours of the Lung and Definition of the Medico-Legal Term “Lung Cancer†Used in the List of Occupational Disease in Germany – Results of the German Mesothelioma Register
Pneumologie. 2008 May 13. [Epub ahead of print] [Link] Neumann V, Fischer M, Tannapfel A. Deutsches Mesotheliomregister am Institut für Pathologie der Ruhr-Universität Bochum am Berufsgenossenschaftlichen Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil. Abstract Carcinoid tumours are considered to be malignant epithelial tumours according to the recent WHO classification. This study is based on the examinations of tissue from 108…
Read MoreMesothelioma in Russia: systematic review of 3576 published cases from occupational medicine viewpoint
Meditsina Truda i Promyshlennaia Ekologiia. 2008;(3):15-21. [Link] Abstract The article deals with results of systematic review of 3576 cases of mesothelioma varying in location, published over 126 years (1881-2006) in Russian. Findings are that asbestos and especially chrysotile-asbestos is not a leading and even obligate etiologic factor. The disease is polyetiologic. To restore social justice…
Read MorePrediction of mesothelioma and lung cancer in a cohort of asbestos exposed workers
European Journal of Epidemiology. 2008 Apr 26 [Epub ahead of print] [Link] Gasparrini A, Pizzo AM, Gorini G, Seniori Costantini A, Silvestri S, Ciapini C, Innocenti A, Berry G. Public and Environmental Health Research Unit (PEHRU), London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK, antonio.gasparrini@lshtm.ac.uk. Abstract Background: Several papers have…
Read MoreCancer incidence among Finnish farmers, 1995-2005
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health. 2008 Feb;34(1):73-9. [Link] Laakkonen A, Pukkala E. Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A, FI-00250 Helsinki, Finland. aarne.laakkonen@kolumbus.fi. Abstract Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe the cancer risk pattern of male and female Finnish farmers and to define the role of the type…
Read MoreMeasurement of trends in incidence of work-related skin and respiratory diseases, UK 1996-2005
Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2008 Apr 16 [Epub ahead of print] [Link] McNamee R, Carder M, Chen Y, Agius R. University of Manchester, United Kingdom. Abstract Objectives: The ability to measure temporal trends in disease incidence is important but valid methods are needed. We investigated UK trends during 1996-2005 in work-related skin and respiratory diseases…
Read MoreWork related mesothelioma: analysis of cases discovered at the Section for Occupational Medicine and Toxicology of Siena University during the years 2000-2007
Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia. 2007 Jul-Sep;29(3 Suppl):332-3. [Link] Montomoli L, Spisso M, Romeo R, Spina D, Ghiribelli C, Sartorelli P. Sezione Dipartimentale di Medicina del Lavoro e Tossicologia Occupazionale Università degli Studi di Siena, Policlinico Santa Maria alle Scotte, Viale Bracci 1. Abstract This study focuses on the spread of mesothelioma…
Read MoreMalignant mesothelioma (MM) in women: findings of the Mesothelioma Register of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region
Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia. 2007 Jul-Sep;29(3 Suppl):334-5. [Link] De Zotti R, Damian A, Muran A. SC Medicina del Lavoro, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria "Ospedali Riuniti di Trieste", Via Pietà 19 34129 Trieste. dezotti@univ.trieste.it Abstract During the period 2000-2003, the Mesothelioma Register of the Friuli Venezia Giulia identified 248 cases of MM, 44 of…
Read MoreMortality from pleural and peritoneal cancer in a cohort of asbestos workers, many years after start of the exposure: possible role of fibers clearance]
Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia. 2007 Jul-Sep;29(3 Suppl):346-8. [Link] Adesi FB, Ferrante D, Bertolotti M, Todesco A, Mirabelli D, Terracini B, Magnani C. SCDU Epidemiologia dei Tumori, Università di Torino, Via Santena 7, 10126, Torino, Italia. fbaroneadesi@yahoo.it Abstract The multistage theory of carcinogenesis assumes rates of mesothelioma increasing monotonically as a function…
Read MoreExposition to asbestos dust in agricultural environment. Some significant exposure forms documented by the Hospital Unit of Occupational Medicine of Hospital Institute of Cremona
Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia. 2007 Jul-Sep;29(3 Suppl):349-50. [Link] Somenzi V, Lattarini M. Unità Ospedaliera di Medicina del Lavoro, Istituti Ospitalieri di Cremona. v.somenzi@ospedale.cremona.it Abstract Although it is difficult to document the exposition to asbestos in the agricultural workers, mesotelioma has however been noticed in the rural environment that may seem to…
Read MoreMalignant pleuric mesothelioma in Sicily. Epidemiologic observations during the time 1998-2005
Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia. 2007 Jul-Sep;29(3 Suppl):639-40. [Link] Venuti V, De Pasquale D, Abbate A, Brecciaroli R, Giorgianni C. Dipartimento di Medicina Sociale del Teritorio, Sez. di Medicina del Lavoro, Università di Messina. abbatec@unime.it Abstract Pleural malign mesothelioma is the only one to which we can straight attribute to an exposition,…
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