%0 Journal Article
%T Incidence of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma in Split-Dalmatia Country
%A Cvitanovi£¿
%A Slavica
%A Ivan£¿evi£¿
%A £¿eljko
%A Ten£¿era-Taslak
%A Gordana
%A £¿apkun
%A Vesna
%J -
%D 2009
%X Sa£¿etak Between 2001 and 2005, 1150 patients with respiratory symptoms were admitted to our Pneumology Clinic whose workplace or residence could involve exposure to asbestos One hundred and twenty (10.4 %) patients were confi rmed a disease of the lung and/or pleura which could have been asbestos-related. A follow-up of these patients showed that 52 of 120 (43.3 %) developed malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), but it was also found in 12 of 1030 (1.1 %) patients without an asbestos-related disease. Of the 64 patients with MPM, 54 (84.3 %) were men and 10 (15.6 %) women. Fifty-two (81.2 %) were professionally or residentially exposed to asbestos. The incidence of mesothelioma for the Split-Dalmatia County between 2001 and 2005 was 13.8 per 100,000 inhabitants, while in the whole of Croatia it was 3.9. Mean annual incidence in the Split-Dalmatia County was 2.7 per 100,000 inhabitants, and in the whole of Croatia 0.8. This means that 22.7 % of all patients with MPM in Croatia were from the Split-Dalmatia County (whose population is about 10.5 % of Croatia¡¯s). This distribution of MPM may be related to the strong shipbuilding industry and other asbestos-related industries in this part of the country
%K asbestos
%K asbestosis
%K environment
%K mesothelioma
%K occupational exposure
%U https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=66063