Mortality in an Italian cohort of former asbestos cement workers.
Ann Ist Super Sanita
; 60(2): 118-125, 2024.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
A pooled study on Italian asbestos cement plant cohorts observed mortality risk for asbestos-related diseases. This study analysed the mortality of workers cohort of an asbestos cement plant in Syracuse, Italy.METHODS:
Workers' vital status and causes of death, during 1970-2018, were identified in regional health databases. Standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) by sex and temporal variables were calculated.RESULTS:
Of the 900 cohort's subjects (636 men, 259 women, 5 unknown sex), for 867 the vital ascertainment was possible 505 died during study period. All-cause mortality is similarly to the expected among men and lower among women. Pleural and lung malignant neoplasms (MN) exceeded in men (SMR=27.1, SMR=1.95), retroperitoneal and peritoneal MN in both sexes, no cases of larynx MN were observed. Mortality excess for ovarian MN (SMR=1.5) and asbestosis in both sexes (men SMR=431.9, women SMR=116.6) were found.CONCLUSIONS:
Exceeding mortality from asbestos-related diseases, particularly in men was highlighted.
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Assunto principal:
Amianto
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Asbestose
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Exposição Ocupacional
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Materiais de Construção
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2024
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