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photo-21 Article: "Increased Risk of Malignant Mesothelioma of the Pleura after Residential or Domestic Exposure to Asbestos: A Case-Control Study in Casale Monferrato, Italy"

Summary: An investigation of environmental and domestic asbestos exposure in a city where the country's largest asbestos cement factory is located confirms the association of environmental asbestos exposure and pleural malignant mesothelioma. It also determined that environmental asbestos exposure causes a greater risk than domestic exposure, though notes an elevated risk among children of cement factory workers.

Journal: Environmental Health Perspectives 2001 Sep 109(9):915-919

Authors: C. Magnani, P. Dalmasso, A. Biggeri, C. Ivaldi, D. Mirabelli

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