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

Mirabelli, Dario; Angelini, Alessia; Barbieri, Pietro Gino; Calisti, Roberto; Capacci, Fabio; Girardi, Paolo; Silvestri, Stefano; Somigliana, Anna Benedetta

doi:10.3390/ijerph18137177

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Reply published on 5 July 2021, see Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(13), 7181.
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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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Epidemiologia dei Tumori, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Università di Torino e CPO-Piemonte, 10126 Torino, Italy

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

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

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SNOP Società Nazionale Operatori Prevenzione, 65122 Pescara, Italy

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2021, 18(13), 7177;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18137177

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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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asbestos; malignant mesothelioma; lung fiber burden

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