Is Mesothelioma Unrelated to the Lung Asbestos Burden? Comment on Visonà et al. Inorganic Fiber Lung Burden in Subjects with Occupational and/or Anthropogenic Environmental Asbestos Exposure in Broni (Pavia, Northern Italy): An SEM-EDS Study on Autoptic Samples. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 2053

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jul 5;18(13):7177. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18137177.

Abstract

We read with interest the report by Visonà and coworkers on the lung asbestos fiber burden in an autopsy series of decedents from mesothelioma (MM: 59 cases) and individuals who "suffered from asbestosis and died of its complications" (13 cases) [...].

Keywords: asbestos; lung fiber burden; malignant mesothelioma.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Asbestos* / toxicity
  • Humans
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Lung
  • Lung Neoplasms* / epidemiology
  • Mesothelioma* / epidemiology
  • Public Health

Substances

  • Asbestos