[Asbestos related cancers in seamen]. / Rischio cancerogeno da amianto nella marineria civile.
G Ital Med Lav Ergon
; 35(4): 206-10, 2013.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24303696
ABSTRACT
Seamen and marine engineers were formerly exposed to asbestos used in gasket, pipes, valves and machinery. Ship motion and vibration can release asbestos in the surrounding space. Asbestos fibres may also be inhaled by workers involved in maintenance operations of vessels built before 1992 in Italy. History of asbestos exposure has been reported by workers and confirmed by a higher prevalence of pleural abnormalities and a significant excess of mesothelioma with a Standardized Incidence Ratio (SIR) ranging between 1.83 and 4.8 as a function of years of exposure. SIR for lung cancer ranged between 1.10 and 1.62. Mesothelioma in seamen and marine engineers represents about 2.5% of the overall Italian mesothelioma cases with a very long latency period (47.6 +/- 9.6 years). There is no epidemiological evidence for an excess risk of mesothelioma in fishermen.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Amianto
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Mesotelioma
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Medicina Naval
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Doenças Profissionais
Tipo de estudo:
Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
It
Revista:
G Ital Med Lav Ergon
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA OCUPACIONAL
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália