Non-occupational exposure to asbestos and malignant mesothelioma in the Italian National Registry of Mesotheliomas: Table 1

Mirabelli, Dario; Cavone, Domenica; Merler, Enzo; Gennaro, Valerio; Romanelli, Antonio; Mensi, Carolina; Chellini, Elisabetta; Nicita, Carmela; Marinaccio, Alessandro; Magnani, Corrado; Musti, Marina

doi:10.1136/oem.2009.047019

Non-occupational exposure to asbestos and malignant mesothelioma in the Italian National Registry of Mesotheliomas: Table 1

Background Malignant mesotheliomas are strictly related to asbestos, but in a proportion of cases no exposure can be recalled. Published estimates of this proportion have important variations. Historical and geographical differences in the fraction of cancer due to any given exposure are to be ex…