Abstract:
:The relationship between asbestos exposure and malignant mesothelioma is no longer disputed, although it is not always easy to trace past occupational exposure. This report describes a case of uncommon asbestos exposure of a small furniture industry worker, who subsequently died of pleural malignant mesothelioma, to stress the crucial importance of a full reconstruction of the occupational history, both for legal and compensation purposes. Sarcomatoid pleural mesothelioma was diagnosed in a 70-year-old man, who was previously employed as a carpenter in a small furniture industry. He worked for about 6 years in the small factory, was exposed to asbestos during the assembly of the furniture inspired by classical architecture, in which asbestos cement tubes were used to reproduce classical columns. During this production process no specific work safety measures were applied, nor masks or local aspirators. No extra-professional exposure to asbestos was identified. This mesothelioma case was investigated by the Public Prosecutor's assignment that commissioned expert evidence on the legal accountability for the disease. Despite its uncommon expositive circumstance, the length of latency (about 30 years), the duration of exposure, the clinical and histochemical features are all consistent with literature evidence, accounting for the occupational origin of this malignancy.
journal_name
Int J Occup Med Environ Healthauthors
Oddone E,Imbriani Mdoi
10.13075/ijomeh.1896.00597subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-01-01 00:00:00pages
523-6issue
3eissn
1232-1087issn
1896-494Xpii
58661journal_volume
29pub_type
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.13075/ijomeh.1896.00596
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journal_title:International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health
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doi:10.2478/v10001-009-0038-z
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.13075/ijomeh.1896.01272
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doi:10.13075/ijomeh.1896.00920
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journal_title:International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health
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doi:10.13075/ijomeh.1896.00284
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.2478/v10001-008-0032-x
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journal_title:International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.13075/ijomeh.1896.01457
更新日期:2019-11-15 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.13075/ijomeh.1896.00943
更新日期:2017-06-19 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2003-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2478/s13382-011-0046-7
更新日期:2011-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2478/s13382-011-0010-6
更新日期:2011-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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doi:10.13075/ijomeh.1896.01406
更新日期:2019-07-15 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.13075/ijomeh.1896.00775
更新日期:2017-05-08 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
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更新日期:2017-03-30 00:00:00
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更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2018-07-04 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.13075/ijomeh.1896.00643
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2002-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2013-08-01 00:00:00