Asbestos bodies and amphibole fibres in the lung: do the Helsinki criteria need an update?
Based on a large sample size, we have shown good sensitivity for AB but very low sensitivity for AAF using Helsinki criteria for the attribution of exposure to asbestos. We propose to adopt lower values (600 AB or 300,000 AAF), because they would avoid a large proportion of false negatives. We remind that lung fibre burden analysis should be viewed as a complement (not a substitute) for a carefully collected lifetime job history.
Authors
- Anna Somigliana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9765-9587)
- Ugo Fedeli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9939-3398)
- Dario Consonni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8935-3843)
- Paolo Girardi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8330-9414)
- Anna Muran
- Pietro Gino Barbieri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9688-6077)
- Donatella Calligaro
Institutions
- Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione Ambientale del Piemonte (IT)
- Ca' Foscari University of Venice (IT)
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (IT)
- Departamento de Epidemiología (GT)
- Regional Health (US)
- Regione del Veneto (IT)
- Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Trieste (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Work Exposures and Health
- Published
- 2025-08-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/annweh/wxaf047
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Occupational and environmental lung diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.04