International archives of occupational and environmental health
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Int Arch Occup Environ Health · Jan 2006
Lung cancer and mesothelioma in towns with environmental exposure to asbestos in Eastern Anatolia.
Our previous study demonstrated the presence of environmental tremolite and chrysotile asbestos fiber exposure in Hekimhan town in Malatya located in eastern Turkey. The aim of this study was to investigate whether environmental asbestos exposure increases the incidence of lung cancer and mesothelioma. ⋯ The incidences of mesothelioma and lung carcinoma in Hekimhan were higher than those of the general population in Turkey, suggesting a role of environmental asbestos exposure in lung cancer and mesothelioma.