Mapping Asbestos-Cement Roofing with Hyperspectral Remote Sensing over a Large Mountain Region of the Italian Western Alps

The World Health Organization estimates that 100 thousand people in the world die every year from asbestos-related cancers and more than 300 thousand European citizens are expected to die from asbestos-related mesothelioma by 2030. Both the European and the Italian legislations have banned the manuf...

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Main Authors: Federico Frassy, Gabriele Candiani, Marco Rusmini, Pieralberto Maianti, Andrea Marchesi, Francesco Rota Nodari, Giorgio Dalla Via, Carlo Albonico, Marco Gianinetto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-08-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/14/9/15900