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A Geographic Information System-Based Indicator of Waste Risk to Investigate the Health Impact of Landfills and Uncontrolled Dumping Sites

scientific article published on 10 August 2020

A cohort mortality study of leather tanners in Tuscany, Italy

scientific article published in June 2006

A meta-analysis of mortality data in Italian contaminated sites with industrial waste landfills or illegal dumps

scientific article

Adverse health effects of fluoro-edenitic fibers: epidemiological evidence and public health priorities

scientific article

An asbestos contaminated town in the vicinity of an asbestos-cement facility: The case study of Sibaté, Colombia

scientific article published on 06 May 2019

Asbestos Ban in Italy: A Major Milestone, Not the Final Cut.

scientific article published on 13 November 2017

Asbestos case and its current implications for global health

scientific article published on January 2013

Asbestos related diseases in Italy: an integrated approach to identify unexpected professional or environmental exposure risks at municipal level

scientific article published on 20 December 2007

Asbestos-related diseases in Italy: epidemiologic evidences and public health issues

scientific article

Cancer Mortality in an Area of Campania (Italy) Characterized by Multiple Toxic Dumping Sites

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Cancer incidence in Italian contaminated sites

scientific article published on January 2014

Cancer incidence in Priolo, Sicily: a spatial approach for estimation of industrial air pollution impact.

scientific article published on 18 April 2016

Childhood cancers: comments. 5th day in memory of Lorenzo Tomatis organised by the National Health Institute and ISDE-Italia

scientific article published in November 2013

Children's health in Italian polluted sites

scientific article published on January 1, 2013

Children's health in Latin America: the influence of environmental exposures

scientific article

Cluster analysis of mortality and malformations in the Provinces of Naples and Caserta (Campania Region).

scientific article

Cohort study of residents of a district with soil and groundwater industrial waste contamination.

scientific article published in January 2013

Communication and health education in communities experiencing asbestos risk and health impacts in Italy

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Comparison of Bayesian-utilitarian and maximin principle approaches.

scientific article published on January 2004

Contamined sites: a global issue. Preface

scientific article published in October 2016

Differences in the carcinogenic evaluation of glyphosate between the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

scientific article published on 03 March 2016

Ecological studies of cancer incidence in an area interested by dumping waste sites in Campania (Italy)

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Ecuador and Italy in environmental epidemiology

scientific article published in November 2003

Environment and health in contaminated sites: the case of Taranto, Italy

scientific article

Environmental Health Education for Asbestos-Contaminated Communities in Italy: The Casale Monferrato Case Study

scientific article published on 17 June 2019

Environmental health literacy within the Italian Asbestos Project: experience in Italy and Latin American contexts. Commentary

scientific article published on 01 July 2015

Environmental justice in the epidemiological surveillance system of residents in Italian National Priority Contaminated Sites (SENTIERI Project)

scientific article published in January 2017

Epidemiologic study of workers exposed to vinyl chloride in Porto Marghera: mortality update

scientific article published in May 2003

Epidemiological research as a driver of prevention: the Sibaté study. Commentary

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Epidemiological surveillance of mesothelioma mortality in Italy

scientific article published on 07 July 2018

Female lung cancer mortality and long-term exposure to particulate matter in Italy

scientific article published in February 2017

Fluoro-edenitic fibres in the sputum of subjects from Biancavilla (Sicily): a pilot study

scientific article published on 16 June 2006

Fostering public health awareness on risks in contaminated sites. Capacity building and dissemination of scientific evidence.

scientific article

Geographic distribution of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis through motor neuron disease mortality data

scientific article

Health effects of magnetic fields generated from power lines: new clues for an old puzzle.

scientific article published in January 2009

Health impact of the exposure to fibres with fluoro-edenitic composition on the residents in Biancavilla (Sicily, Italy): mortality and hospitalization from current data

scientific article

Health surveillance for subjects with past occupational exposure to asbestos: the experience of Local Health Unit Messina 5 (Sicily)

scientific article published on 01 May 2010

IARC monographs: 40 years of evaluating carcinogenic hazards to humans

journal article published in 2015

Incidence of Breast, Prostate, Testicular, and Thyroid Cancer in Italian Contaminated Sites with Presence of Substances with Endocrine Disrupting Properties

scientific article

Incidence of pleural mesothelioma in a community exposed to fibres with fluoro-edenitic composition in Biancavilla (Sicily, Italy)

scientific article published on 01 January 2014

Incidence of soft tissue sarcomas in an Italian area affected by illegal waste dumping sites.

scientific article published on January 2015

Increase in mortality for motor neuron disease in Italy, 1980-1999

scientific article published in March 2006

International Agency for Research on Cancer Monographs (IARC)

scientific article published in January 2008

International scientific cooperation on asbestos-related disease prevention in Latin America

scientific article published in July 2014

Italian "Triangle of death"

scientific article published on 01 December 2004

Long-term effect of arsenic exposure: Results from an occupational cohort study

scientific article published on 04 January 2019

Lung cancer mortality in a cohort of workers in a petrochemical plant: occupational or residential risk?

scientific article published on April 2008

Malignant Mesothelioma in Rome and Latium Region, 1993-2001 ⬇️

scientific article published on July 1, 2003

Malignant pleural mesothelioma: the puzzling role of gene-environment interaction

scientific article published on 01 May 2004

Mesothelioma in Italy: the Casale Monferrato model to a national epidemiological surveillance system

scientific article published on 01 April 2018

Mesothelioma incidence and asbestos exposure in Italian national priority contaminated sites

scientific article

Mesothelioma incidence in the neighbourhood of an asbestos-cement plant located in a national priority contaminated site

scientific article

Mesothelioma mortality surveillance and asbestos exposure tracking in Italy

scientific article published in January 2012

Morbidity experience in populations residentially exposed to 50 hz magnetic fields: methodology and preliminary findings of a cohort study

scientific article

Mortality and morbidity cohort study of residents in the neighbourhood of Milazzo industrial area (Sicily)

scientific article published on 01 May 2010

Mortality and morbidity study of petrochemical employees in a polluted site

scientific article

Mortality and morbidity study of petrochemical workers in the context of the epidemiological characterization of a polluted site: the case study of Gela (Italy)

scientific article published in October 2013

Mortality from asbestos-related causes and incidence of pleural mesothelioma among former asbestos cement workers in San Filippo del Mela (Sicily)

scientific article published on May 1, 2010

Mortality from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pleural mesothelioma in an area contaminated by natural fiber (fluoro-edenite).

scientific article published on June 2004

Mortality from liver angiosarcoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, and cirrhosis among vinyl chloride workers

scientific article published on 25 November 2018

Mortality study in an asbestos cement factory in Naples, Italy

scientific article published on 01 January 2011

Mortality study of employees in a factory of recovery and refining of catalytic converters in Rome, Italy.

scientific article published in January 2006

Mortality study update of workers exposed to vinyl chloride in plants located in Ferrara and Ravenna (Emilia-Romagna Region, Northern Italy)

scientific article published in September 2017

Multiple chemical sensitivity: pursuit of a scientific consensus, need for a public health response. Commentary

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

No evidence of increased risk of soft tissue sarcomas in the neighborhood of a steel foundry in Verona.

scientific article

Occupational burden of asbestos-related cancer in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico.

scientific article published on July 2014

Occupational cohort study of asbestos-cement workers in a contaminated site in Sicily (Italy)

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Occupational epidemiology in Italy: a contribution to the European framework

scientific article published on 01 September 2010

Olav Axelson, a great master

scientific article published in May 2005

Plasma levels of polychlorinated biphenyls and risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma: A hospital-based case-control study.

scientific article published on 28 January 2018

Pleural mesothelioma and environmental exposure to mineral fibres: the case of a rural area in the Basilicata region, Italy

scientific article published in January 2004

Pleural mesothelioma cases in Biancavilla are related to a new fluoro-edenite fibrous amphibole

scientific article published on 01 April 2003

Pleural mesothelioma mortality and asbestos exposure mapping in Italy

scientific article published on 24 October 2011

Pre-diagnostic blood immune markers, incidence and progression of B-cell lymphoma and multiple myeloma: Univariate and functionally informed multivariate analyses

scientific article published on 18 April 2018

Preventing asbestos-related diseases: operative action for Italian cooperation with Latin-American countries

scientific article

Prevention of Asbestos Exposure in Latin America within a Global Public Health Perspective

scientific article published on 29 March 2019

Prevention of Asbestos-Related Disease in Countries Currently Using Asbestos

scientific article

Prevention of disease caused by fluoro-edenite fibrous amphibole: the way forward

scientific article

Proportion of mesothelioma attributable to living in industrially contaminated areas in Italy

scientific article published on 28 February 2019

Reference rates for cohort studies in Italy: an essential tool in occupational and residential cohort studies

scientific article published on 13 December 2016

Residential proximity to an industrial incinerator and risk of soft-tissue sarcoma, 1999-2014

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Residential proximity to industrial sites in the area of Taranto (Southern Italy). A case-control cancer incidence study.

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Results of the evaluation

scientific article published in September 2010

SENTIERI KIDS: protecting health and preventing childhood cancer in contaminated sites

scientific article published on March 1, 2013

SENTIERI Project analyzed mortality of 5.5 million Italians in polluted sites

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SENTIERI Project. Mortality study of residents in Italian polluted sites: evaluation of the epidemiological evidence.

scientific article published in September 2010

SENTIERI Project: discussion and conclusions

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SENTIERI Project: rationale

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SENTIERI-ReNaM: Integration of incidence, mortality, and hospitalization: general remarks and a focus on mesothelioma

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SENTIERI-ReNaM: Results

scientific article published in September 2016

Serum levels of polychlorinated biphenyls and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: A hospital-based case-control study

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Silicosis mortality in Italy: temporal trends 1990-2012 and spatial patterns 2000-2012.

scientific article published in October 2017

Sinonasal cancer and occupational exposures: a pooled analysis of 12 case-control studies

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Soft tissue sarcomas in Mantua: epidemiological evidence and perspectives for environmental remediation

scientific article published in July 2004

Spatial distribution of kidney disease in the contaminated site of Taranto (Italy).

scientific article published on 13 October 2017

The fibres with fluoro-edenitic composition in Biancavilla (Sicily, Italy): health impact and clues for environmental remediation

scientific article published in January 2014

The health profile of populations living in contaminated sites: SENTIERI approach

scientific article

The role of high risk groups in environmental health research

scientific article published in January 2004

Towards integration of epidemiological and social sciences approaches in the study of communities affected by asbestos exposure. Preface

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Urban mesothelioma: is there an emerging risk of asbestos in place?

scientific article published on 01 October 2004

[Cause-specific mortality in an area of Campania with numerous waste disposal sites].

scientific article published in November 2004

[Concluding remarks]

scientific article published on 01 September 2010

[Consensus Conference "Health surveillance of resident population exposed to tremolite in Local Health Unit 3 territory Lagonegro, PZ". Rome 22-23 February 2005]

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

[Environment and health in Taranto, southern Italy: epidemiological studies and public health recommendations]

scientific article published on 01 November 2012

[Environmental epidemiology and polluted areas in Italy]

scientific article published on 01 May 2006

[Epidemiologic studies on electromagnetic fields: evidence of risk and indications for prevention]

scientific article published on 01 July 2002

[Epidemiological study of populations exposed to high levels of 50 Hz magnetic fields]

scientific article published on 01 September 2005

[Evaluation of the epidemiological evidence of the association between specific causes of mortality and exposure]

scientific article published on 01 September 2010

[Geographical distribution of mortality from malignant pleural neoplasms and of former asbestos-exposed workers in the Campania Region]

scientific article published on 01 May 2004

[Global burden of mortality in Italian polluted sites]

scientific article published on 01 September 2011

[Health impact of asbestos fibres naturally occurring in Mount Pollino area (Basilicata Region, Southern Italy)]

scientific article published on 01 March 2018

[Healthcare and wastes: research, public health and communication]

scientific article published on 01 September 2014

[Index contaminants and target organs]

[Malignant pleural mesothelioma in housewives in the province of Catania]

scientific article published on 01 July 2004

[Mortality and hospital discharges in the population of Biancavilla (Sicily) contaminated by natural fibres]

scientific article published on 01 July 2006

[Mortality from malignant pleural neoplasms in Broni (Pavia), 1980-1997]

scientific article published on 01 March 2003

[Mortality in the cohort of workers of the petrochemical plant in Gela (Sicily) 1960-2002]

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

[Mortality study of a cohort of insulation workers]

scientific article published on 01 March 2002

[Mortality study of asbestos cement workers in Emilia-Romagna]

scientific article published on 01 July 2004

[Pleural cancer mortality and compensated cases of asbestosis in Sardinia Region municipalities (1980-2000)]

scientific article published on 01 September 2005

[Preliminary study of cause-specific mortality of a population exposed to 50 Hz magnetic fields, in a district of Rome municipality]

scientific article published on 01 September 2005

[SENTIERI Project: materials and methods]

[SENTIERI Project: rationale and objectives]

[SENTIERI Project: results]

[SENTIERI method is to be extended to all severely polluted sites]

scientific article published in January 2014

[SENTIERI-ReNaM: Burden of disease from mesothelioma in national priority contaminated sites in Italy]

scholarly article by Roberto Pasetto et al published 1 September 2016 in Epidemiologia & Prevenzione

[SENTIERI-ReNaM: Materials and methods]

[SENTIERI-ReNaM: Rationale and objectives]

[SENTIERI: Epidemiological Study of Residents in National Priority Contaminated Sites. Fifth Report]

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

[Study of occupational and residential risks in workers of the Gela petrochemical plant]

scientific article published on 01 May 2009

[The precautionary principle: scientific evidence and decision processes]

scientific article published on 01 January 2004

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