Return of immigrants: a cluster analysis of mesotheliomas among residents of the Veneto region who used to work at the ETERNIT AG factory at Niederurnen, Switzerland [Emigrazione di ritorno: un cluster di mesoteliomi in Veneto tra ex-lavoratori della Eternit AG di Niederurnen, Svizzera.]

Epidemiologia e prevenzione
Volume 25, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 161-163

Return of immigrants: a cluster analysis of mesotheliomas among residents of the Veneto region who used to work at the ETERNIT AG factory at Niederurnen, Switzerland [Emigrazione di ritorno: un cluster di mesoteliomi in Veneto tra ex-lavoratori della Eternit AG di Niederurnen, Svizzera.] (Article)

Merler E.* , Gioffré F. , Mabilia T. , De Marzio N. , Bizzotto R. , Sarto F. , Zambon P.

^a Servizio di prevenzione Igiene e sicurezza nei luoghi lavoro, ULSS 16, Padova, Italy
^b Servizio di prevenzione Igiene e sicurezza nei luoghi lavoro, ULSS 16, Padova, Italy
^c Servizio di prevenzione Igiene e sicurezza nei luoghi lavoro, ULSS 16, Padova, Italy
^d Servizio di prevenzione Igiene e sicurezza nei luoghi lavoro, ULSS 16, Padova, Italy
^e Servizio di prevenzione Igiene e sicurezza nei luoghi lavoro, ULSS 16, Padova, Italy
^f Servizio di prevenzione Igiene e sicurezza nei luoghi lavoro, ULSS 16, Padova, Italy
^g Servizio di prevenzione Igiene e sicurezza nei luoghi lavoro, ULSS 16, Padova, Italy

Abstract

We identified 5 mesotheliomas among Italian migrant workers who returned home and settled in the Veneto Region, after employment at the ETERNIT AG factory in Switzerland. During the 1970s the factory employed about 1000 workers and the presence of Italian migrants was relevant. The cluster confirms that migration for work has caused exposures to carcinogenic substances and confirms that neoplastic diseases are occurring among those resettled in Italy and helps explaining the high occurrence of mesotheliomas in this country.

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male Catchment Area (Health) Mesothelioma female Occupational Diseases Emigration and Immigration Italy cluster analysis residential care ethnology Article occupational disease human Humans migration Switzerland

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ISSN: 11209763

Cited by: 1

Original Language: Italian