Inhalation of asbestos resulting from living with and handling the clothing of workers directly
exposed to asbestos has been established as a possible contributor to disease. This review …

Latency periods (time intervals elapsing between first exposure to asbestos and death) were
examined in 421 cases of malignant pleural mesothelioma, diagnosed in the Trieste …

Purpose: We established a screening program for prior asbestos workers using low-dose
computed tomography (LDCT). Methods: Between March 2005 and October 2007 we …

The absence of any direct connection between the lung and the parietal pleura raises
questions about the mechanisms of pleural migration and retention of inhaled particles. It …

Two of the major cancerous diseases associated with asbestos exposure are malignant
pleural mesothelioma (MPM) and lung cancer (LC). In addition to asbestos exposure …

Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an aggressive cancer with poor prognosis. The
development of MPM is frequently linked to inhalation of asbestos fibers. A genetic …

The Monfalcone area, in northeastern Italy, is a small industrial territory (population about
60,000), with a large shipyard. Between October 1979 and April 1992, ninety‐two malignant …

The variant enrichment analysis (VEA), a recently developed bioinformatic workflow, has
been shown to be a valuable tool for whole-exome sequencing data analysis, allowing …

One hundred and seventy malignant pleural mesotheliomas seen at necropsy at the Institute
of Pathological Anatomy of the Trieste University during the period 1968–1987 were …

Objective: To present recent data on the occurrence of non-malignant occupational airway
diseases in Germany and to compare mainly affected occupations of obstructive airway …