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.

Abstract

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) [...].

• Authors: Dario Mirabelli, Alessia Angelini, Pietro Gino Barbieri, Roberto Calisti, Fabio Capacci, Paolo Girardi, Stefano Silvestri, Anna Benedetta Somigliana
• Journal: International journal of environmental research and public health (Int J Environ Res Public Health) Vol. 18 Issue 13 (07 05 2021) ISSN: 1660-4601 [Electronic] Switzerland
• PMID: 34281114 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Comment)

Chemical References

• Asbestos

Topics

• Asbestos (toxicity)
• Humans
• Italy (epidemiology)
• Lung
• Lung Neoplasms (epidemiology)
• Mesothelioma (epidemiology)
• Public Health