Ufficio di Statistica, Centro Nazionale di Epidemiologia, Sorveglianza e Promozione della Salute, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. E-mail:
Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2014;50(2):127-32. doi: 10.4415/ANN_14_02_04.
The objective of this chapter is to study the health impact of the exposure to fibres with fluoro-edenitic composition on the residents in Biancavilla (Sicily, Italy), in terms of mortality and hospitalization. The diseases which international scientific literature indicates as associated with asbestos exposure were taken into consideration: mesothelioma of pleura, peritoneum, pericardium and tunica vaginalis testis, malignant neoplasm of larynx, malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus and lung, malignant neoplasm of ovary, pneumoconiosis; moreover, in order to describe the health profile of the study population, large groups of diseases were taken into consideration.
Current data (available in the Data Bases of the Unit of Statistics of ISS) regarding mortality and hospitalization were analyzed. Standardized Mortality Ratios, Standardized Hospitalization Ratios and Age-standardized Death Rates were calculated. The demographic background of the population residing in Biancavilla was also outlined.
Our findings support the etiologic role of fibres with fluoro-edenitic composition in the occurrence of the above mentioned diseases, already observed in other studies.
本章旨在研究暴露于含氟-镁电气石纤维对意大利西西里岛比安卡维拉居民的健康影响，包括死亡率和住院率。我们考虑了国际科学文献中表明与石棉暴露相关的疾病：胸膜、腹膜、心包和睾丸鞘膜间皮瘤、喉恶性肿瘤、气管、支气管和肺恶性肿瘤、卵巢恶性肿瘤、尘肺；此外，为了描述研究人群的健康状况，我们还考虑了大量疾病。
分析了当前（ISS 统计单位数据库中提供）关于死亡率和住院率的数据。计算了标准化死亡率比、标准化住院率比和年龄标准化死亡率。还概述了居住在比安卡维拉的人口的人口背景。
我们的研究结果支持含氟-镁电气石纤维在上述疾病发生中的病因作用，这些疾病在其他研究中已经观察到。
