G Franco

Summary

Affiliation: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Country: Italy

Publications

  1. ncbi [Health effects of occupational exposure to static magnetic fields used in magnetic resonance imaging: a review]
    G Franco
    Cattedra e Scuola di Specializzazione di Medicina del lavoro dell Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria, Modena
    Med Lav 99:16-28. 2008
  2. ncbi Research evaluation and competition for academic positions in occupational medicine
    Giuliano Franco
    Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, School of Medicine of Modena, Modena, Italy
    Arch Environ Occup Health 68:123-7. 2013
  3. ncbi Bernardino Ramazzini and women workers' health in the second half of the XVIIth century
    Giuliano Franco
    Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, School of Medicine of Modena, Largo del Pozzo, 71, 41100 Modena, Italy
    J Public Health (Oxf) 34:305-8. 2012
  4. ncbi Finding toxicological information: An approach for occupational health professionals
    Irja Laamanen
    Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A, 00250, Helsinki, Finland
    J Occup Med Toxicol 3:18. 2008
  5. ncbi [Evidence based occupational health: from theory to practice]
    G Franco
    Dipartimento di medicine e delle specialità mediche, Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliero, Universitaria Policlinico, Modena, Italy
    G Ital Med Lav Ergon 28:170-5. 2006
  6. ncbi [Ethical analysis of the decision-making process in occupational health practice]
    G Franco
    Cattedra di Medicina del lavoro dell Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Struttura complessa di Medicina del Lavoro, Dipartimento di medicine e delle specialità mediche, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria, Modena
    Med Lav 96:375-82. 2005
  7. ncbi The development of clinical prediction guides requires reproducible decision-making outputs: a field study
    G Franco
    School of Medicine and Postgraduate School of Occupational Medicine, Occupational Health Unit, Teaching Hospital, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
    Med Lav 97:226-32. 2006
  8. ncbi [The evidence-based occupational health paradigm in managing back pain: identifying the problem and evaluation of the decision]
    G Franco
    Cattedra e Scuola di Specializzazione di Medicina del lavoro dell Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria, Modena
    Med Lav 99:167-76. 2008
  9. ncbi [Publish or perish: the scientific productivity of academics in the field of occupational medicine]
    G Franco
    Dipartimento di medicine e delle specialità mediche, Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia
    Med Lav 100:163-70. 2009
  10. ncbi [Comparative analysis of occupational health physician's duties based upon legislative decree 81/2008 art. 25 and upon the Ethics Code of the International Commission on Occupational Health]
    G Franco
    Dipartimento Integrato di Medicine e delle Specialità Mediche, Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Largo del Pozzo 71, 41100 Modena
    Med Lav 100:228-36. 2009

Detail Information

Publications40

  1. ncbi [Health effects of occupational exposure to static magnetic fields used in magnetic resonance imaging: a review]
    G Franco
    Cattedra e Scuola di Specializzazione di Medicina del lavoro dell Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria, Modena
    Med Lav 99:16-28. 2008
    ..This study aims to critically review the recent literature on the topic so as to propose guidelines on the need to provide information and training of workers and appropriate health surveillance...
  2. ncbi Research evaluation and competition for academic positions in occupational medicine
    Giuliano Franco
    Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, School of Medicine of Modena, Modena, Italy
    Arch Environ Occup Health 68:123-7. 2013
    ..Younger researchers should be aware of the new approach based on transparent threshold rules for career promotion and need to understand the new evaluation systems based on metrics...
  3. ncbi Bernardino Ramazzini and women workers' health in the second half of the XVIIth century
    Giuliano Franco
    Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, School of Medicine of Modena, Largo del Pozzo, 71, 41100 Modena, Italy
    J Public Health (Oxf) 34:305-8. 2012
    ..This paper aims at reviewing his observations for women employed in different occupations, entailing exposure to dangerous materials and ergonomically challenging works...
  4. ncbi Finding toxicological information: An approach for occupational health professionals
    Irja Laamanen
    Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A, 00250, Helsinki, Finland
    J Occup Med Toxicol 3:18. 2008
    ..Therefore we evaluated toxicological databases for their ability to answer practical questions about exposure and prevention. We also propose recommended practices for searching for toxicological properties of chemicals...
  5. ncbi [Evidence based occupational health: from theory to practice]
    G Franco
    Dipartimento di medicine e delle specialità mediche, Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliero, Universitaria Policlinico, Modena, Italy
    G Ital Med Lav Ergon 28:170-5. 2006
    ..Therefore, medical specialists of different disciplines, including occupational health, are presently required to shift from habitual practices to evidence-based practices...
  6. ncbi [Ethical analysis of the decision-making process in occupational health practice]
    G Franco
    Cattedra di Medicina del lavoro dell Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Struttura complessa di Medicina del Lavoro, Dipartimento di medicine e delle specialità mediche, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria, Modena
    Med Lav 96:375-82. 2005
    ..The ethical aspect of the practice is strictly linked to that of appropriateness, involving requirements of effectiveness, efficiency and respect of ethical principles of the individual, community and society...
  7. ncbi The development of clinical prediction guides requires reproducible decision-making outputs: a field study
    G Franco
    School of Medicine and Postgraduate School of Occupational Medicine, Occupational Health Unit, Teaching Hospital, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
    Med Lav 97:226-32. 2006
    ..The decisions taken by occupational physicians (OPs) generally show low reproducibility and reflect some uncertainties linked to the decision making process...
  8. ncbi [The evidence-based occupational health paradigm in managing back pain: identifying the problem and evaluation of the decision]
    G Franco
    Cattedra e Scuola di Specializzazione di Medicina del lavoro dell Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria, Modena
    Med Lav 99:167-76. 2008
    ..This study aims at comparing the decisions made in respect of health care personnel with the decisions made on the basis of the evidence and evaluating the effectiveness of these decisions...
  9. ncbi [Publish or perish: the scientific productivity of academics in the field of occupational medicine]
    G Franco
    Dipartimento di medicine e delle specialità mediche, Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia
    Med Lav 100:163-70. 2009
    ....
  10. ncbi [Comparative analysis of occupational health physician's duties based upon legislative decree 81/2008 art. 25 and upon the Ethics Code of the International Commission on Occupational Health]
    G Franco
    Dipartimento Integrato di Medicine e delle Specialità Mediche, Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Largo del Pozzo 71, 41100 Modena
    Med Lav 100:228-36. 2009
    ..However, in spite of the unanimous consent on their universal importance, such principles do not usually have the strength of a law...
  11. ncbi [Occupational physician's decisions on the basis of legislation, ethics and scientific evidence]
    G Franco
    Cattedra e Scuola di Specializzazione in Medicina del Lavoro dell Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria, Modena
    Med Lav 100:304-7. 2009
    ..In the dynamic context of occupational medicine an increasing number of occupational health problems requires a high-quality standard practice supported by decisions consistent both with ethics and legislation...
  12. ncbi [Occupational medicine: practice and ethical requirements of the new law on health and safety in the workplace (legislative decree 81/2008)]
    Giuliano Franco
    Dipartimento di medicina e delle specialità mediche, Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Policlinico, Largo del Pozzo 71, 41100 Modena
    Epidemiol Prev 33:116-21. 2009
    ....
  13. ncbi Focusing ethical dilemmas of evidence-based practice in SMF-exposed MRI-workers: a qualitative analysis
    Giuliano Franco
    Dipartimento di medicine e delle specialità mediche, Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Largo del Pozzo, 71 41100, Modena, Italy
    Int Arch Occup Environ Health 83:417-21. 2010
    ..To analyze ethical dilemmas for occupational health physicians and other stakeholders involved in the implementation of a surveillance program in workers exposed to static magnetic fields (SMF) used in magnetic resonance imaging...
  14. ncbi [The course of study in occupational medicine in a European perspective]
    Giuliano Franco
    Dipartimento di medicine e delle specialità mediche, Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
    Epidemiol Prev 35:43-6. 2011
    ....
  15. ncbi [Occupational health practice among law, evidence and ethics: a field study]
    G Franco
    Dipartimento di medicine e delle specialità mediche, Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
    G Ital Med Lav Ergon 32:83-7. 2010
    ..Quality in health care is defined as the degree to which health services increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with the law, the evidence and the ethical values...
  16. ncbi [Scientific research and academic promotion in occupational medicine: what are the rules of the game?]
    G Franco
    Dipartimento di medicine e delle specialità mediche, Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena
    Med Lav 102:167-73. 2011
    ....
  17. ncbi Bernardino Ramazzini and the new epidemics of work-related disorders
    Giuliano Franco
    Dipartimento di medicine e delle specialità mediche, Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Largo del Pozzo, 71 41100, Modena, Italy
    Med Secoli 23:425-41. 2011
    ..It is worthy to stress that Ramazzini's observations, based on original intuitions and critical reasoning, anticipate the modern approach based on epidemiological principles...
  18. ncbi Agreement of medical decisions in occupational health as a quality requirement
    Giuliano Franco
    Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico di Modena, Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Largo del Pozzo, 71, 41100, Modena, Italy
    Int Arch Occup Environ Health 79:607-11. 2006
    ..This study aims at evaluating the inter-individual variability of medical decisions by different occupational physicians...
  19. ncbi Current controversies in occupational medicine education in Europe
    G Franco
    Chair of Occupational Medicine, University of Modena
    G Ital Med Lav Ergon 19:59-62. 1997
    ..In fact, a variety of educational and training methods are currently adopted, although there is a substantial agreement about core values, core knowledge and core skills, which characterise the speciality...
  20. ncbi [Health policy and occupational health: tools and methods to assure quality and appropriateness of interventions]
    G Franco
    Cattedra di Medicina del lavoro dell Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena
    Med Lav 95:3-10. 2004
    ....
  21. ncbi From risk-based health surveillance to health promotion: an evidence-based experience in a health care setting
    Giuliano Franco
    The Medical School and The School of Occupational Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
    Int J Occup Med Environ Health 15:117-20. 2002
    ....
  22. ncbi [From scientific evidence to operative practice: towards a model of occupational medicine based on on efficacy evidence]
    G Franco
    Cattedra di Medicina del Lavoro dell Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia e Servizio di Sorveglianza Sanitaria dell Azienda Policlinico di Modena, Largo del Pozzo 71, 41100 Modena
    Med Lav 92:159-65. 2001
    ....
  23. ncbi Ramazzini's "De morbis artificum Diatriba" and society, culture, and the human condition in the seventeenth century
    G Franco
    Postgraduate School of Occupational Medicine, School of Medicine of Modena, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Largo del Pozzo, 71, I 44100 Modena, Italy
    Int J Occup Environ Health 6:80-5. 2000
    ..The social milieu in which Bernardino Ramazzini achieved his prescient conception of occupational health and barriers to adoption of his approach during his lifetime are described...
  24. ncbi Occupational physicians' education and training across European Union countries
    G Franco
    Cattedra di Medicina del Lavoro, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Largo del Pozzo, 71, I 44100 Modena, Italy
    Int Arch Occup Environ Health 72:338-42. 1999
    ....
  25. ncbi Total quality strategy in the formative process of the occupational physician
    G Franco
    Postgraduate School of Occupational Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
    Scand J Work Environ Health 25:153-6. 1999
    ....
  26. ncbi [Experimental validation of the Evidence-Based Occupational Health paradigm and of the PICO model in the decision making process applied by occupational health physicians]
    G Franco
    Dipartimento Integrato di Medicine e delle Specialità Mediche, Struttura Complessa di Medicina del lavoro Cattedra e Scuola di Specializzazione dell Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena
    Med Lav 95:423-30. 2004
    ....
  27. ncbi Bernardino Ramazzini's early observations of the link between musculoskeletal disorders and ergonomic factors
    Giuliano Franco
    Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, The School of Medicine and the School of Occupational Medicine, University of Modena, Largo del Pozzo 71, Modena 41100, Italy
    Appl Ergon 35:67-70. 2004
    ..From his early writings therefore it is evident that Ramazzini realized the importance of assessing the ergonomic factors associated with the occurrence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders...
  28. ncbi Evidence-based decision making in an endoscopy nurse with respiratory symptoms exposed to the new ortho-phthalaldehyde (OPA) disinfectant
    A Franchi
    Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties, Occupational Health Unit Policlinico, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Largo del Pozzo, 71, 41100 Modena, Italy
    Occup Med (Lond) 55:575-8. 2005
    ..ortho-Phthalaldehyde (OPA) can cause mucous irritation, respiratory symptoms and IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reactions. Very little information is available about OPA-related effects in health personnel...
  29. ncbi [Effectiveness of interventions for the control and prevention of tuberculosis in health care facilities: a review of ATS,CDC, OSHA recommendations]
    A Franchi
    Servizio e Scuola di Specializzazione in Medicina del Lavoro, Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Servizio di Sorveglianza Sanitaria, Azienda Policlinico di Modena
    Med Lav 94:506-20. 2003
    ....
  30. ncbi [Criteria for the management of low back pain in health care workers]
    A Franchi
    Cattedra, Servizio e Scuola di Specializzazione in Medicina del Lavoro, Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia
    Ann Ig 15:215-24. 2003
    ....
  31. ncbi Practising evidence-based occupational health in workers' groups: how to prevent sickness absence caused by influenza
    P Grandi
    Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties, School of Medicine and School of Occupational Medicine, Occupational Health Unit-Policlinico University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Largo del Pozzo, 71, 41100 Modena, Italy
    Occup Med (Lond) 55:7-9. 2005
    ..CONCLUSION: The case study shows that, as for other clinicians, the occupational physician can use the EBM paradigm according to the PICO model as a tool for providing appropriate solutions for the group of workers...
  32. ncbi Practising evidence-based occupational health in individual workers: how to deal with a latex allergy problem in a health care setting
    G Monduzzi
    Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties, School of Medicine and School of Occupational Medicine, Occupational Health Unit-Policlinico, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Largo del Pozzo, 71, 41100 Modena, Italy
    Occup Med (Lond) 55:3-6. 2005
    ..CONCLUSION: The case study shows that, as for other clinicians, the occupational physician can use the EBM paradigm according to the PICO model as a tool for providing appropriate solutions for the individual worker...
  33. ncbi [Continuing medical education and accreditation in occupational health: the new context]
    G Franco
    Dipartimento di medicine e delle specialità mediche, Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
    G Ital Med Lav Ergon 30:252-3. 2008
    ....
  34. ncbi Evaluation of medical decisions' effectiveness: a 4-year evidence-based study in a health care setting
    Giuliano Franco
    School of Medicine and Postgraduate School of Occupational Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico di Modena, Largo del Pozzo, 71, 41100 Modena, Italy
    Int Arch Occup Environ Health 81:921-8. 2008
    ..This specific study aims at assessing, through outcome indicators, the effectiveness of medical decisions in 61 cases leading to preventive interventions...
  35. ncbi Room size is the major determinant for tuberculin conversion in health care workers exposed to a multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patient
    Alberto Franchi
    Occupational Health Unit, Policlinico Hospital, 8th Floor, room 8 056, Via Largo del Pozzo 71, 41100 Modena, Italy
    Int Arch Occup Environ Health 80:533-8. 2007
    ..e., index case (IC)]. Aim of the study was to identify the main exposure predictors for the risk of conversion through evaluation of tuberculin screening results...
  36. ncbi Evidence-based medicine and evidence-based occupational health
    Giuliano Franco
    Scand J Work Environ Health 29:78-9. 2003
  37. ncbi Consensus on evidence or evidence of consensus? The evolving role and the new expertise of the occupational physician
    Giuliano Franco
    Occup Med (Lond) 53:79-81. 2003
  38. ncbi Evidence-based decision making in occupational health
    Giuliano Franco
    Occup Med (Lond) 55:1-2. 2005
  39. ncbi Re: Implementation of WHO Guidelines on Disclosure of Interest by members of WHO Expert Panels
    Olav Axelson
    Int J Occup Environ Health 8:271-3. 2002
  40. ncbi Ramazzini and workers' voice disorders
    Giuliano Franco
    Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 139:329. 2008