EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL, cilt.13, sa.3, ss.523-526, 1999 (SCI-Expanded)
The incidence of malignant mesothelioma is extremely high in some Turkish villages where there is a low-level environmental exposure to erionite, a fibrous zeolite, The best known example is the village of Karain. However, since epidemiological studies are difficult to perform in Turkey, the incidence and the dose-response curve have not been thoroughly examined.