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The epidemic of lung cancer in Tuscany (Italy): a joint analysis of male and female mortality by birth cohortA Biggeri
Department of Statistics G Parenti, University of Florence, Italy
Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol 1:31-40. 2009..The shared spatial clustering component highlighted the historically developed part of the Tuscany Region...
Assessment and prevention of acute health effects of weather conditions in Europe, the PHEWE project: background, objectives, designPaola Michelozzi
Department of Epidemiology Local Health Authority Roma E, Rome, Italy
Environ Health 6:12. 2007....- Respiratory symptoms in children living near busy roads and their relationship to vehicular traffic: results of an Italian multicenter study (SIDRIA 2)Enrica Migliore
Cancer Epidemiology Unit, AOU San Giovanni Battista Hospital Center for Cancer Prevention CPO Piedmont and University of Turin, Via Santena 7, 10126 Turin, Italy
Environ Health 8:27. 2009..The aim of this study was to investigate whether there were specific effects of cars and trucks traffic on current asthma symptoms (i.e. wheezing) and cough or phlegm, and to examine the validity of self-reported traffic exposure... - Second malignancies in breast cancer patients following radiotherapy: a study in Florence, ItalyWei Zhang
Epidemiology Department, Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, HPA, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0RQ, UK
Breast Cancer Res 13:R38. 2011..In this paper, we evaluate the effect that radiotherapy may have had on the subsequent risk of second malignancies, including the possible influences of age at treatment and menopausal status... - Canine faecal contamination and parasitic risk in the city of Naples (southern Italy)Laura Rinaldi
Dipartimento di Patologia e Sanita Animale, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II CREMOPAR Regione Campania, Napoli, Italy
BMC Vet Res 2:29. 2006..Logistic regression model was used to evaluate the association between positivity to parasitic elements and number of canine faeces... 
[Estimates of short-term effects of air pollutants in Italy]Annibale Biggeri
Dipartimento di Statistica G. Parenti, , viale GB Morgagni 54, 50134 Firenze
Epidemiol Prev 26:203-5. 2002- Disease mapping in veterinary epidemiology: a Bayesian geostatistical approachAnnibale Biggeri
Department of Statistics, G Parenti, University of Florence, Italy
Stat Methods Med Res 15:337-52. 2006..In general, larger risk areas were identified at the city border where wild dogs mixed with domestic dogs and human or urban barriers were less present... - [Report on health status of residents in areas with industrial, mining or military sites in Sardinia, Italy]Annibale Biggeri
Dipartimento di statistica G Parenti, Universita di Firenze
Epidemiol Prev 30:5-95. 2006.... - [NHL mortality in Tuscan municipalities with urban solid waste incinerators active in 1970-1998]Annibale Biggeri
Dipartimento di Statistica, , Centro per lo Studio
Epidemiol Prev 30:14-5. 2006 - [Mortality for non-Hodgkin lymphoma and soft-tissue sarcoma in the surrounding area of an urban waste incinerator. Campi Bisenzio (Tuscany, Italy) 1981-2001]Annibale Biggeri
UO Biostatistica, CSPO, Istituto scientifico Regione Toscana e Dipartimento di statistica G Parenti, Universita di Firenze
Epidemiol Prev 29:156-9. 2005..Aim of the study is to investigate mortality for lymphoematopoietic tumours and soft tissue sarcoma of people resident near an urban waste incinerator... - Meta-analysis of the Italian studies of short-term effects of air pollution (MISA), 1990-1999Annibale Biggeri
Department of Statistics G Parenti, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Int J Occup Environ Health 11:107-22. 2005..Results add evidence for an association between air pollution and early mortality or morbidity and support the hypothesis of a synergism between meteorological variables and air pollution... - Statistical modelling of the spatial distribution of prevalence of Calicophoron daubneyi infection in sheep from central ItalyA Biggeri
Dipartimento di statistica G Parenti, Universita di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
Parassitologia 47:157-63. 2005.... - [Meta-analysis of the Italian studies on short-term effects of air pollution]A Biggeri
Dipartimento di statistica G Parenti, Universita di Firenze, Viale Morgagni 59, 50100 Firenze
Epidemiol Prev 25:1-71. 2001..8 for all the others) estimated through validation studies. Ozone concentrations were used only where background monitors were available (Turin, Verona, Bologna and Florence) and limited to the warm season (May through September)... - [Short-term effects of air pollution in Italy: risk heterogeneity from 1996 to 2005]Annibale Biggeri
Unità di biostatistica, ISPO, Firenze e Università degli studi di Firenze
Epidemiol Prev 33:95-102. 2009..Study objective is to evaluate time stability of risk estimates taking into account of between cities heterogeneity... - Non-parametric maximum likelihood estimators for disease mappingA Biggeri
Department of Statistics G Parenti, University of Florence, Italy
Stat Med 19:2539-54. 2000..Special software (such as CAMAN or DismapWin) had been developed and should be recommended mainly to not experienced users... - Statistical methods for geographical surveillance in veterinary epidemiologyA Biggeri
Dept of Statistics G Parenti, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Parassitologia 48:73-6. 2006..The spatial range was around 600 meters and justifies several small clusters. Bayesian models were very powerful in reconstructing the phenomenon and allow inference on model parameters in good agreement with the non parametric analysis... - [Statistical models for spatial analysis in parasitology]A Biggeri
Dipartimento di Statistica G. Parenti,
Parassitologia 46:75-8. 2004..However, if we modify the prior so that a lower degree of spatial interaction is assumed, the clustering model is less complex and its goodness of fit better and it should be preferred... - Impact of heat on mortality in 15 European cities: attributable deaths under different weather scenariosM Baccini
Department of Statistics G Parenti, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
J Epidemiol Community Health 65:64-70. 2011.... - Trends in the prevalence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 in the district of Florence, ItalyS Cecchini
Centro per lo Studio e la Prevenzione Oncologica (CSPO, Florence, Italy
Tumori 81:330-3. 1995..An increase in frequency of precancerous lesions for cervical cancer in more recent birth cohorts supports the need to keep screening coverage and efficiency as high as possible... - Comparison of alternative modelling techniques in estimating short-term effect of air pollution with application to the Italian meta-analysis data (MISA Study)Michela Baccini
Department of Statistics G. Parenti, University of Florence, Italy
Epidemiol Prev 30:279-88. 2006.... - Risk of respiratory cancer around a sewage plant in Prato, ItalyElisabetta Chellini
Unit of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology, Center for Study and Prevention of Cancer CSPO, Firenze, Italy
Arch Environ Health 57:548-53. 2002..The role of environmental pollutants as a risk for respiratory cancer must be further clarified with additional epidemiological studies and an environmental monitoring program... - Paracetamol and antibiotics in childhood and subsequent development of wheezing/asthma: association or causation?Franca Rusconi
Unit of Epidemiology, Anna Meyer Children s University Hospital, Florence, Italy
Int J Epidemiol 40:662-7. 2011.... - Microsatellite instability in a population of sporadic colorectal cancers: correlation between genetic and pathological profilesC Luceri
Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Pathology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Dig Liver Dis 34:553-9. 2002..Tumours with high-frequency microsatellite instability exhibit unique genotype and phenotype features, whereas the difference between low-frequency microsatellite instability and apparently stable tumours is far from being clear... - Mutations of the APC gene in human sporadic colorectal cancersC De Filippo
Dept of Pharmacology, University of Florence, Italy
Scand J Gastroenterol 37:1048-53. 2002..We studied APC gene mutations in cases of human sporadic colorectal cancer in order to evaluate their correlation with pathologic characteristics and clinical prognosis... - Incidence of uveal melanoma in EuropeGianni Virgili
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Ophthalmology 114:2309-15. 2007..To estimate incidence rates of uveal melanoma in Europe from 1983 to 1994... - Cocaine and heroin in waste water plants: a 1-year study in the city of Florence, ItalyFrancesco Mari
Division of Forensic Toxicology, Department of Anatomy, Histology, and Legal Medicine, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni, 85, 50134 Florence, Italy
Forensic Sci Int 189:88-92. 2009..If routinely performed, it can be part of Epidemiologic Surveillance Programmes on drug abuse... - A statistical approach to rank multiple priorities in environmental epidemiology: an example from high-risk areas in Sardinia, ItalyDolores Catelan
Biostatistics Unit, CSPO, Florence, Italy
Geospat Health 3:81-9. 2008..The averaged ranks by disease over areas showed lung cancer among the three highest positions... - Extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields do not affect DNA damage and gene expression profiles of yeast and human lymphocytesCristina Luceri
Department of Pharmacology, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50139, Florence, Italy
Radiat Res 164:277-85. 2005..The results suggest that extremely low-frequency EMFs do not induce DNA damage or affect gene expression in these two different eukaryotic cell systems... - Using a calibration experiment to assess gene-specific information: full Bayesian and empirical Bayesian models for two-channel microarray dataMarta Blangiardo
Department of Statistics G Parenti, University of Florence and Biostatistic Unit CSPO, Florence, Italy
Bioinformatics 22:50-7. 2006..In this case it is possible to estimate the gene-specific variance, to be incorporated in comparative experiments on the same tissue, cellular line or species... - Psychological predictors of the antihypertensive effects of music-guided slow breathingPietro Amedeo Modesti
Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Florence, Italy
J Hypertens 28:1097-103. 2010..The possibility that daily sessions of music-guided slow breathing may reduce 24-h ambulatory blood pressure (ABP), and predictors of efficacy were explored in a randomized, placebo-controlled trial with parallel design... - A hierarchical Bayesian approach to multiple testing in disease mappingDolores Catelan
Department of Statistics G Parenti, University of Florence, Italy
Biom J 52:784-97. 2010..Hierarchical Bayesian models provide a sensible way to model classification probabilities in the context of disease mapping... - Multiple testing in disease mapping and descriptive epidemiologyDolores Catelan
Department of Statistics G Parenti, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 59, Florence, Italy
Geospat Health 4:219-29. 2010..We conclude that the FDR approach is adequate to screen for high/low risk areas or for disease excess/deficit and useful as a complementary procedure to point estimates and confidence intervals... - Heat effects on mortality in 15 European citiesMichela Baccini
Department of Statistics, University of Florence, Italy
Epidemiology 19:711-9. 2008..We report the associations between daily maximum apparent temperature and daily deaths during the warm season in 15 European cities... - Survival in patients with uveal melanoma in EuropeGianni Virgili
Department of Oto Neuro Ophthalmological Surgical Sciences, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 85, Florence 50134, Italy
Arch Ophthalmol 126:1413-8. 2008..To estimate survival in patients in whom uveal melanoma was diagnosed between January 1, 1983, and December 31, 1994, in Europe... - Space-time models with time-dependent covariates for the analysis of the temporal lag between socioeconomic factors and lung cancer mortalityEmanuela Dreassi
Department of Statistics G Parenti, University of Florence, Italy
Stat Med 24:1919-32. 2005..Results confirm the presence of an association between mortality for lung cancer and socioeconomic factors with a temporal lag (latency time) of at least 10 years... - Adult myeloid leukaemia and radon exposure: a Bayesian model for a case-control study with error in covariatesSimona Toti
Department of Statistics, Florence, Italy
Stat Med 24:1849-64. 2005..After adjusting for residential house radon and gamma radiation, and for the multilevel data structure, geological features of the soil is associated with adult myeloid leukaemia risk (OR = 2.14, 95 per cent Cr.I. 1.0-5.5)... - Effect of polyphenolic extracts from red wine and 4-OH-coumaric acid on 1,2-dimethylhydrazine-induced colon carcinogenesis in ratsAngelo Pietro Femia
Dept of Pharmacology, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50139, Florence, Italy
Eur J Nutr 44:79-84. 2005..Since red wine contains more than 200 different polyphenolic compounds, it is still unclear which substances are responsible for this effect... - [Geographical study on lung cancer mortality among residents in the neighbourhood of the coke plant in Piombino]Elisabetta Chellini
UO Epidemiologia ambientale occupazionale, CSPO, Firenze
Epidemiol Prev 29:50-2. 2005..To evaluate a possible risk of lung cancer related to environmental pollutants in the population living in Piombino, Italy in the neighborhood of the local coke plant... - Antitumorigenic activity of the prebiotic inulin enriched with oligofructose in combination with the probiotics Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Bifidobacterium lactis on azoxymethane-induced colon carcinogenesis in ratsAngelo Pietro Femia
Department of Pharmacology, University of Florence, 6 Viale Pieraccini, 50139 Florence, Italy
Carcinogenesis 23:1953-60. 2002..Cycloxygenase-2 expression was increased in the tumours of control rats but not in those from PRE, PRO or PREPRO rats. In conclusion, prebiotic administration in the diet decreases AOM-induced carcinogenesis in rats... - [Changes in social characteristics and risk factors for asthma and allergies among children and adolescents in Italy]Elisabetta Chellini
CSPO, Firenze
Epidemiol Prev 29:80-5. 2005..The levels of exposure to outdoor (traffic) and indoor (passive smoking) pollutants are still high, although a decreasing trend in parents' smoking habits is evident... - Multivariate spatially-structured variability of ovine helminth infectionsAnnibale Biggeri
Dipartimento di statistica G Parenti, Universita di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
Geospat Health 2:97-104. 2007..D. dendriticum was correlated to F. hepatica and H. contortus was found not to be spatially associated with the previously mentioned helminths... - Sensitivity analysis of the relationship between disease occurrence and distance from a putative source of pollutionEmanuela Dreassi
Dipartimento di statistica G Parenti, Universita di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
Geospat Health 2:263-71. 2008..The choice of prior distribution is extremely important and should be based on epidemiological considerations... - Cohort study of metastatic melanoma patients in the Dermatology Institute of Florence 1990/1997S Moretti
U O Dermatologia II, Ospedale Santa Maria Nuova, Firenze, Italy
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 15:30-3. 2001..Thus, different therapeutic regimens are used in metastatic melanoma and no standardized therapy exists so far... - Frequent mutation of Apc gene in rat colon tumors and mucin-depleted foci, preneoplastic lesions in experimental colon carcinogenesisAngelo Pietro Femia
Department of Pharmacology, University of Florence, and Department of Pathology, General Hospital of Prato Azienda Sanitaria Locale 4, Prato, Italy
Cancer Res 67:445-9. 2007..These results show that Apc mutations are present in MDF with a frequency similar to that of tumors, strengthening the evidence that they are precancerous lesions in colon carcinogenesis... - Interferon-γ release assays for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in children: a systematic review and meta-analysisE Chiappini
Department of Sciences for Woman and Child s Health, Anna Meyer Children s University Hospital Florence, University of Florence, Italy
Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 25:557-64. 2012..95 (95% CI:0.93- 0.97) and 0.96 (95% CI:0.93-1.00), respectively. Pooled TST specificity was significantly lower 0.83 (95% CI:0.74-0.92). IGRA performance in children showed no better sensitivity than TST, but higher specificity... - The use of digital images to evaluate the interobserver agreement on cervical smear readings in Italian cervical cancer screeningG Tinacci
Pathology Unit, Laboratory Medicine Department, Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, Florence, Italy
Cytopathology 22:75-81. 2011..The aim of this study was to measure interobserver agreement among cytologists on using a set of digital images... - NuGO PPS1 mouse study 1: preliminary statistical analysisM Baccini
Department of Statistics, University of Florence, V le Morgagni 59, 59100, Florence, Italy
Genes Nutr 3:181-4. 2008..We found that a considerable part of the genes varied expression over time. For part of the genes, the variance of the response was not homogeneous over time. Response differed by tissue... - Accuracy, concordance, and reproducibility of histologic diagnosis in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma: an EORTC Cutaneous Lymphoma Project Group Study. European Organization for Research and Treatment of CancerM Santucci
Dipartimento di Patologia Umana ed Oncologia, Universita degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
Arch Dermatol 136:497-502. 2000..To assess the level of observer variability in the histologic identification of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) and its discrimination from diseases with similar histologic features... - Intravenous nitrates in the prehospital management of acute pulmonary edemaG Bertini
Istituto di Clinica Medica e Cardiologia, Universita degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
Ann Emerg Med 30:493-9. 1997..We sought to assess the effect of nitrates on prehospital mortality among patients with acute pulmonary edema (APE)... - [Evaluation of the impact of the environment on health: the studies on the rising pollution]A Biggeri
Dipartimento di Statistica G. Parenti,
G Ital Med Lav Ergon 25:303. 2003 - Analysis of gene expression profiles reveals novel correlations with the clinical course of colorectal cancerDuccio Cavalieri
Department of Pharmacology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Oncol Res 16:535-48. 2007..In this set of patients the Cox Proportional Hazard Model analysis demonstrated a significant association between increased patient survival and low expression of ITGB2 (p = 0.011) and NPR1 (p = 0.023) genes... - Mortality from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pleural mesothelioma in an area contaminated by natural fiber (fluoro-edenite)Annibale Biggeri
Department of Statistics, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Scand J Work Environ Health 30:249-52. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Despite the limitations of this ecological study, the results cohere with the results of toxicologic and observational studies and suggest an etiologic role for fluoro-edenite in nonmalignant respiratory diseases... - Analyzing a randomized trial on breast self-examination with noncompliance and missing outcomesFabrizia Mealli
Dipartimento di Statistica 'G. Parenti, , Italy
Biostatistics 5:207-22. 2004.... - [Epidemiologic study of workers exposed to vinyl chloride in Porto Marghera: mortality update]Roberta Pirastu
Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell Uomo, Universita La Sapienza, Laboratorio di Igiene Ambientale, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Roma
Epidemiol Prev 27:161-72. 2003.... - Adult and childhood leukemia near a high-power radio station in Rome, ItalyPaola Michelozzi
Department of Epidemiology, Local Health Authority RME, Rome, Italy
Am J Epidemiol 155:1096-103. 2002..There is still insufficient scientific knowledge, and new epidemiologic studies are needed to clarify a possible leukemogenic effect of residential exposure to radio frequency radiation... - Industrial activities in sites at high environmental risk and their impact on the health of the populationFrancesco Mitis
World Health Organization, European Center for Environment and Health, Rome, Italy
Int J Occup Environ Health 11:88-95. 2005..Although more information is needed to identify corrective public health measures, the official recognition of areas in need of cleaning up, which appears to be unique to Italy and which fostered the study, is a promising beginning... - Impact of high temperatures on mortality: is there an added heat wave effect?Shakoor Hajat
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Epidemiology 17:632-8. 2006.... - New insights into the application of geographical information systems and remote sensing in veterinary parasitologyLaura Rinaldi
, , Naples, Italy
Geospat Health 1:33-47. 2006..Finally, a set of conclusions is put forward... - [Environment and health status of the population in areas with high risk of environmental crisis in Italy]Marco Martuzzi
Epidemiol Prev 26:suppl 1-53. 2002..These results indicate the occurrence of important risk factors, some of which are related to the industrial activities, but more detailed data are needed for the identification of corrective public health actions... - Modeling mesothelioma risk associated with environmental asbestos exposureMilena Maria Maule
Cancer Epidemiology Unit, CeRMS and CPO Piemonte, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Environ Health Perspect 115:1066-71. 2007..Environmental asbestos pollution can cause malignant mesothelioma, but few studies have involved dose-response analyses with detailed information on occupational, domestic, and environmental exposures... - [SIDRIA second phase: objectives, study design and methods]Claudia Galassi
CPO Piemonte, Torino
Epidemiol Prev 29:9-13. 2005..The 2nd phase took place in 2002, in 13 Italian areas, and included 20,016 children (6-7 years old) and 16,175 adolescents (13-14 years old), with a response rate of 89% and 93%, respectively... - Vulnerability to heat-related mortality: a multicity, population-based, case-crossover analysisMassimo Stafoggia
Department of Epidemiology, Rome E Health Authority, Rome, Italy
Epidemiology 17:315-23. 2006.... - Metabolic syndrome as a predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in type 2 diabetes: the Casale Monferrato StudyGraziella Bruno
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Turin, Corso Dogliotti 14, I 10126 Turin, Italy
Diabetes Care 27:2689-94. 2004.... - Environment and respiratory diseases in childhood: the Italian experienceClaudia Galassi
Int J Occup Environ Health 11:103-6. 2005..The methods and main findings of the SIDRIA study are presented, focusing on the role of outdoor risk factors... - [Meta-analysis of the Italian studies on short-term effects of air pollution--MISA 1996-2002]Annibale Biggeri
Epidemiol Prev 28:4-100. 2004..1%; 3.3%). The limits stated in the European Union directives for 2010 would have been saved about 900 deaths (1.4%) for PM10 or 1400 deaths for NO2 (1.7%) among all the MISA cities, applying posterior city-specific effect estimates... - [Trends in the frequency of asthma and allergies]Manuela De Sario
ASL Roma/E, Roma
Epidemiol Prev 29:86-90. 2005.... - [Quality assessment of air pollutants concentration in epidemiologic time series on short-term effects of pollution on health]Annibale Biggeri
Epidemiol Prev 27:365-75. 2003..Using simulated data and real data from the city of Rome (1998-2001) and Milan (1996-2002) we identify three conditions responsible of exposure misclassification when averaged concentrations are used in the analysis... - [Outdoor risk factors and adverse effects on respiratory health in childhood]Giovanna Berti
ARPA Piemonte, Torino
Epidemiol Prev 29:62-6. 2005..These results, confirming previous findings (SIDRIA, 1994-95), show that children living near streets with intense traffic of heavy vehicles are at higher risk for adverse respiratory effects, especially for productive cough... - [Mortality in the cohort of workers of the petrochemical plant in Gela (Sicily) 1960-2002]Roberto Pasetto
Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Dipartimento di Ambiente e Connessa Prevenzione Primaria, Reparto di epidemiologia ambientale, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Roma
Epidemiol Prev 31:39-45. 2007..To study mortality of male workers employed in the petrochemical plant located in Gela, Sicily, Italy... - [Analysis of arterial hypertension and work in the epidemiologic study "Aging, Health and Work"]Norma Barbini
Centro Epidemiologico, INRCA Ancona
Epidemiol Prev 29:160-5. 2005..We evaluated if work conditions or job strain related to professional activity or to life styles represent a risk factor for arterial hypertension and whether this effect of hypertension is independent of age... - [The proportion of respiratory disorders in childhood attributable to preventable and not preventable risk factors]Francesco Forastiere
ASL Roma/E, Roma
Epidemiol Prev 29:67-9. 2005..5% and 18% (among children and adolescents respectively) are potentially avoidable if exposure to ETS, molds in the home and high traffic in the street of residence are avoided... - [Epidemiology: a discipline for the professional profile of the organization of the national health system. The opinion of the Italian Association of Epidemiology]Annibale Biggeri
Epidemiol Prev 26:98-9. 2002 - Changes in prevalence of asthma and allergies among children and adolescents in Italy: 1994-2002Claudia Galassi
Regional Health Agency, Emilia Romagna, Bologna, Italy
Pediatrics 117:34-42. 2006..Several studies conducted during the 1990s indicated an increase in the prevalence of symptoms of asthma; more recent investigations suggest that the trend is stabilizing or may even be reversing... - [Epidemiology as a discipline in the Italian national health service]Francesco Forastiere
Epidemiol Prev 26:162. 2002 - Biases induced by pooling samples in microarray experimentsTristan Mary-Huard
UMR AgroParisTech INRA MIA 518, 16 rue Claude Bernard 75231 Paris Cedex 5, France
Bioinformatics 23:i313-8. 2007..We also evaluate the impact of the bias on the statistical differential analysis of Affymetrix data... - Low incidence of end-stage renal disease and chronic renal failure in type 2 diabetes: a 10-year prospective studyGraziella Bruno
Department of Internal Medicine, Turin University, Torino, Italy
Diabetes Care 26:2353-8. 2003..To provide such data, a population-based cohort of type 2 diabetic patients was identified in Casale Monferrato, Italy, and prospectively examined from 1991 to 2001... - [An unusual excess of mortality in a small Tuscan municipality and the "nursing home effect"]Elisabetta Chellini
UO Epidemiologia ambientale occupazionale, Centro per lo Studio e la Prevenzione Oncologica, Istituto scientifico della Regione Toscana, Firenze
Epidemiol Prev 28:83-6. 2004..The aim of this study was to evaluate if the observed excess mortality had to be attributed to the deaths occurred among the local large Nursing Home's guests which were half of the total deaths registered among residents... - [International Agency for Research on Cancer Monographs (IARC)]Roberta Pirastu
G Ital Med Lav Ergon 30:83-4; author reply 86-7. 2008 - [Environmental epidemiology and polluted areas in Italy]Fabrizio Bianchi
Sezione di epidemiologia, IFC, Pisa
Epidemiol Prev 30:146-52. 2006 - A longitudinal evaluation of two-year outcome in a community-based mental health service using graphical chain models. The South-Verona Outcome Project 9Mirella Ruggeri
Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Italy
Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 13:10-23. 2004..This study throws some light on the complex relationships between clinical, social and economic variables affecting the medium-term outcome of mental health care... - A comparison of non-iterative and iterative estimators of heterogeneity variance for the standardized mortality ratioDankmar Böhning
Biometry and Epidemiology, Institute for International Health, Joint Center for Health Sciences and Humanitites, Free University Berlin Humboldt University at Berlin, Haus 562, Fabeckstr 60 62, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Biostatistics 5:61-74. 2004..Given the widespread use of these estimators in disease mapping, medical surveillance, meta-analysis and other areas of public health, the results of this study might be of considerable interest... - [Dietary habits, life styles and respiratory symptoms in childhood]Giuseppe M Corbo
, Roma
Epidemiol Prev 29:42-6. 2005..An increased BMI and TV watching are strongly related to respiratory symptoms. Our data confirm that dietary factors such as salt, vegetables and fruits are associated with the prevalence of respiratory symptoms in children...