PMID- 12619492
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20030415
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1120-9763 (Print)
IS  - 1120-9763 (Linking)
VI  - 26
IP  - 6
DP  - 2002 Nov-Dec
TI  - [Mortality among patients with pleural and peritoneal tumors in Alta Valle di 
      Susa].
PG  - 284-6
AB  - Tremolite asbestos in rocks surfacing by natural ground erosion as well as 
      originating from construction activities in the Upper Susa Valley (Piedmont, 
      Italy) was recently reported. We investigated the spatial distribution of cases 
      of pleural (ICD Rev 9 163) and peritoneal cancers (ICD Rev 9 158.8 and 158.9) in 
      that area. Mortality and hospital discharge statistics were analyzed by 
      municipality of residence respectively for the periods 1980-98 and 1995-99. 
      Kernel and empirical bayesian estimators of standardized proportional mortality 
      ratios (SPMR) were computed in circular areas of 25, 50, 75, and 100 km distance 
      from Sauze d'Oulx. Pleural and peritoneal malignancies were found to occur in 
      excess in this town and in the surrounding municipalities. A survey is being 
      undertaken to identify cases, verify diagnoses, and assess occupational and 
      environmental exposures.
FAU - Mirabelli, Dario
AU  - Mirabelli D
AD  - Unita di epidemiologia dei tumori, Azienda ospedaliera San Giovanni Battista di 
      Torino, Centro per la prevenzione oncologica, CPO Piemonte, Torino. 
      dario.mirabelli@cpo.it
FAU - Cadum, Ennio
AU  - Cadum E
LA  - ita
PT  - Journal Article
TT  - Mortalita per tumori pleurici e peritoneali in Alta Valle di Susa.
PL  - Italy
TA  - Epidemiol Prev
JT  - Epidemiologia e prevenzione
JID - 8902507
SB  - IM
MH  - Catchment Area, Health
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Italy/epidemiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Peritoneal Neoplasms/*mortality
MH  - Pleural Neoplasms/*mortality
EDAT- 2003/03/07 04:00
MHDA- 2003/04/16 05:00
CRDT- 2003/03/07 04:00
PHST- 2003/03/07 04:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2003/04/16 05:00 [medline]
PHST- 2003/03/07 04:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Epidemiol Prev. 2002 Nov-Dec;26(6):284-6.