This paper reviews the aetiology, distribution and projected future incidence of malignant
mesothelioma. Asbestos exposure is the most thoroughly established risk factor. Debate …

Background: Asbestos-related diseases are still a major public health problem. The World
Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that 107,000 people worldwide die each year …

Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare tumour but with increasing incidence and a
poor prognosis. In 2008, the European Respiratory Society/European Society of Thoracic …

The British mesothelioma register contains all deaths from 1968 to 2001 where
mesothelioma was mentioned on the death certificate. These data were used to predict the …

Mesothelioma incidence varies markedly from one country to another. The highest annual
crude incidence rates (about 30 cases per million) are observed in Australia, Belgium, and …

This review is based on research-based literature on occupational lung disease in the
mining and related industries, focusing on conditions of public health importance arising …

Using 1973–2000 mesothelioma incidence data released by the Surveillance,
Epidemiology, and End Results Program in April 2003, the authors estimated the …

Background The incidence of malignant mesothelioma in Germany is about 20 cases per
million persons per year. Its association with asbestos exposure, usually occupational, has …

Due to the large scale use of asbestos (more than 3.5 million tons produced or imported until
its definitive banning in 1992), a specific national surveillance system of mesothelioma …

Italy was an important producer of raw asbestos until 1992 (when it was banned) and it is
now experiencing severe public health consequences due to large-scale industrial use of …