The Health Profile of Populations Living in Contaminated Sites: Sentieri Approach

Table 2

SENTIERI projectmatrix of epidemiological a priori evidence evaluation for environmental exposures in National Priority Contaminated Sites (NPCSs) and “other exposures” for some selected causes adapted from [6].

(a) Environmental exposures in NPCSs

Cause of death	Chemical; plant*	Petrochemical plant; and refinery	Steel; plant	Electric power; plant	Mine and/; or quarry	Harbour; area	Asbestos or; other mineral; fibers	Landfill	Incinerator
All ages
Malignant neoplasms of trachea, bronchus, and lung	I	L	I	L	I	I	L	I	L
Malignant neoplasms of pleura		I	I	I	S	L	S
Diseases of the respiratory system	L	L	L	L	I	L		I	I
Asthma	L	L	L	L		L		I	I
Up to 14 years old
Asthma	L	L	L	L				I	I

(b) Other exposures

Cause of death	Air pollution	Active smoking	Passive smoking	Alcohol	Socioeconomic; status	Occupation
All ages
Malignant neoplasms of trachea, bronchus, and lung	S	S	S	I	S	S
Malignant neoplasms of pleura	L					S
Diseases of the respiratory system	L onset/S wors	S onset/wors	L onset/wors	S	L	S
Asthma	L onset/S wors	S onset/wors	L onset/wors	L	L	S
Up to 14 years old
Asthma			S onset/wors		L