Epidemiology of Environmental Exposure and Malignant Mesothelioma Bian Liu, PhD, Maaike van Gerwen, MD, Stefano Bonassi, PhD, Emanuela Taioli, MD, PhD Journal of Thoracic Oncology Volume 12, Issue 7, Pages 1031-1045 (July 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2017.04.002 Copyright © 2017 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Flowchart of the studies’ selection. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2017 12, 1031-1045DOI: (10.1016/j.jtho.2017.04.002) Copyright © 2017 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Relative quality expressed as z scores (y axis) of the studies reviewed (x axis, in the same order as they appear in Table 1). Dots are colored according to the country of origin and sized according to the total sample size of the study. UK, United Kingdom; USA, United States. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2017 12, 1031-1045DOI: (10.1016/j.jtho.2017.04.002) Copyright © 2017 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Geographic locations of the reviewed studies with the numbers of studies from each location. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2017 12, 1031-1045DOI: (10.1016/j.jtho.2017.04.002) Copyright © 2017 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 Ratios of male to female patients among malignant mesothelioma cases reporting overall exposure (occupational and environmental) and environmental exposure (EE) to asbestos. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2017 12, 1031-1045DOI: (10.1016/j.jtho.2017.04.002) Copyright © 2017 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions
Figure 5 Percentage of malignant mesothelioma (MM) cases with nonidentifiable asbestos exposure. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2017 12, 1031-1045DOI: (10.1016/j.jtho.2017.04.002) Copyright © 2017 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions