COR Umbria, University of Perugia, Department of Hygiene and public health, Perugia, Italy

Epidemiological patterns of asbestos exposure and spatial clusters of incident cases of malignant mesothelioma from the ...

Published in BMC Cancer

BackgroundPrevious ecological spatial studies of malignant mesothelioma cases, mostly based on mortality data, lack reliable data on individual exposure to asbestos, thus failing to assess the contribution of different occupational and environmental sources in the determination of risk excess in specific areas. This study aims to identify territori...