Health surveillance for subjects with past exposure to asbestos: from international experience and Italian regional practices to a proposed operational model

摘要

The authors have examined Italian and international approaches to the health surveil-lance of subjects with past occupational exposure to asbestos, with special emphasis on the practicesadopted by some Italian regional governments. The principal theoretic features of a surveillanceprogramme, such as its usefulness in terms of ontological prevention, have been described and anoperational proposal has been put forward for the consideration of interested health operators.