Mortality from cancer and other causes among Italian chrysotile asbestos miners

Enrico Pira; Canzio Romano; Francesca Donato; Claudio Pelucchi; Carlo La Vecchia; Paolo Boffetta

doi:10.1136/oemed-2016-103673

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The update of the follow-up of this cohort confirmed an increased mortality from pleural cancer mortality in miners exposed to chrysotile and a lack of significant increase in lung cancer mortality.

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