Macro sector
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Topic identified
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Rank
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Mean score
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Mean score in northern Italy
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Mean score in central Italy
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Mean score in southern Italy
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Significance of differences between mean score in north, centre, and south (*95% CI and **99% CI)
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D | Occupational carcinogenesis | 1 | 4.32 | 4.33 | 4.3 | 4.38 | |
E | Quality in occupational medicine | 2 | 4.15 | 4.07 | 4.19 | 4.21 | |
D | Exposure to low doses and multiple exposure | 3 | 4 | 3.97 | 4.06 | 3.94 | |
E | Worker information, education, and participation | 4 | 3.89 | 3.66 | 3.94 | 4.17 |
*(South>north) |
E | Organisation, strategies, and optimisation of prevention and safety services at the workplace | 5 | 3.87 | 3.84 | 3.82 | 4 | |
E | Biological monitoring: identification of markers for low dose exposure | 6 | 3.83 | 3.84 | 3.81 | 3.85 | |
A | New work related diseases | 7 | 3.77 | 3.77 | 3.69 | 3.94 | |
E | Medical surveillance and work ability criteria | 7 | 3.77 | 3.71 | 3.79 | 3.85 | |
A | Work accidents | 9 | 3.75 | 3.53 | 3.89 | 3.88 | |
B | Electromagnetic fields | 10 | 3.69 | 3.67 | 3.53 | 4.02 |
*(South>centre) |
E | Work organisation and new types of work | 11 | 3.66 | 3.53 | 3.8 | 3.6 | |
A | Musculoskeletal and repetitive trauma disorders | 12 | 3.64 | 3.75 | 3.67 | 3.42 | |
C | Healthcare and hospital sector | 13 | 3.61 | 3.51 | 3.61 | 3.79 | |
B | Asbestos substitute fibres | 14 | 3.55 | 3.51 | 3.65 | 3.5 | |
D | Individual susceptibility and development of susceptibility indicators | 15 | 3.53 | 3.61 | 3.55 | 3.36 | |
A | Occupational allergies | 16 | 3.46 | 3.58 | 3.51 | 3.23 | |
B | Biological agents | 17 | 3.44 | 3.44 | 3.36 | 3.56 | |
A | Occupational asthma and respiratory diseases | 18 | 3.43 | 3.4 | 3.44 | 3.48 | |
C | Agriculture | 19 | 3.38 | 3.15 | 3.29 | 3.88 |
**(South>north) |
**(South>centre) |
B | Load handling | 20 | 3.36 | 3.38 | 3.42 | 3.23 | |
C | Special populations at risk (elderly, minor, and disabled people) | 21 | 3.33 | 3.26 | 3.54 | 3.1 |
*(Centre>south) |
B | Occupational exposure to urban chemical pollutants | 22 | 3.32 | 3.19 | 3.35 | 3.48 | |
D | Mechanisms of action of occupational stress and occurrence of diseases | 22 | 3.32 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.26 | |
A | Reproductive and pregnancy disorders | 24 | 3.31 | 3.3 | 3.42 | 3.1 | |
E | Methods of assessing and measuring occupational stress | 25 | 3.29 | 3.34 | 3.26 | 3.28 | |
C | Air quality and indoor environments | 26 | 3.14 | 2.96 | 3.14 | 3.44 |
*(South>north) |
D | Mechanisms of skin absorption of xenobiotics | 27 | 2.93 | 2.92 | 2.99 | 2.85 | |