Asbestos Burden in Lungs of Subjects Deceased From Mesothelioma Who Lived in Proximity to an Asbestos Factory: A Topographic Post‐Mortem SEM‐EDS Study
This study suggests that heavy asbestos pollution involves not only the area adjacent to the factory, but the entire town of Broni and the surroundings. This is alarming if we consider that most asbestos factories still active in some countries are located close to towns and dwellings.
Authors
- Silvia Damiana Visoná (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7947-7087)
- M. Billó (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9963-940X)
- Elena Belluso (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9046-3281)
- Emanuela Taioli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5734-4806)
- Silvana Capella (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-2898)
- Barbara Bertoglio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0835-786X)
- Tara Ivic‐Pavlicic
- Matthew Untalan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4616-2744)
Institutions
- University of Pavia (IT)
- Tisch Hospital (US)
- University of Turin (IT)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Industrial Medicine
- Published
- 2024-11-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.23680
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Occupational and environmental lung diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.84