Further evidence of an excess of risk of pleural malignant mesothelioma in textile workers in Prato (Italy)

E Paci,E Buiatti,M Zappa,A Seniori Costantini,L Paoletti,E Merler,E Chellini

doi:10.1038/bjc.1991.311

Abstract

Further evidence of an excess of risk of pleural malignant mesothelioma in textile workers in Prato (Italy)

Highlights

LLttdd.., Further evidence of an excess of risk of pleural malignant mesothelioma in textile workers in Prato (Italy)
An epidemiological study (Paci et al, 1987) showed that among thirteen pleural malignant mesothelioma (PMM) cases incident in the Province of Florence during the years 1979-1984, there were six cases who had been workers in the textile industry in the Prato area, five of them in a particular job, the sorting of rags. In this area of the Province of Florence, there is a high concentration of textile factories (11,192 in 1981) with a total of 48,225 employees. This is more than 20% of all those employed in manufacturing industry in the entire province and about 70% of those employed in the textile industry (ISTAT, 1981)
A subsequent environmental hygiene survey (Quinn et al, 1987) showed that the Prato textile workers were exposed to asbestos through the recycling of bags which had contained asbestos fibres

Summary

Introduction

LLttdd..,, Further evidence of an excess of risk of pleural malignant mesothelioma in textile workers in Prato (Italy). An epidemiological study (Paci et al, 1987) showed that among thirteen pleural malignant mesothelioma (PMM) cases incident in the Province of Florence during the years 1979-1984, there were six cases who had been workers in the textile industry in the Prato area, five of them in a particular job, the sorting of rags.

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