International journal of epidemiologyHumansMexicoMaleFemaleMesothelioma
Geographic analysis and trends in mortality from mesothelioma in Mexico 1998-2022.
Alejandro Cabello-López, Eduardo Pérez-Castro, Guadalupe Aguilar-Madrid, Carmina Jiménez-Ramírez, Cuauhtémoc Arturo Juárez-Pérez, Andreas Stang, Georg Johnen, Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Thomas Behrens
Published: 202510.1093/ije/dyaf181
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Asbestos processing began in Mexico in the 1930s and continues to this day. Mesothelioma is a lethal cancer associated with asbestos exposure, which appears after an induction period of 20-50 years. Given this scenario, an updated descrip…
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