Objective To investigate the association between Saharan dust outbreaks and natural,
cardiovascular and respiratory mortality. Methods A case–crossover design was adopted to …

Background and goals As part of the authorization process for the solid waste incinerator
(SWI) in Modena, Italy, a human biomonitoring cross-sectional pilot study was conducted to …

Background Identifying a single disease as the underlying cause of death (UCOD) is an
oversimplification of the clinical-pathological process leading to death. The multiple causes …

Background. Summer 2003 witnessed an excess in heat-related mortality in the elderly
population. The Argento Project was planned to define risk factors for heat-related death in …

We performed a prospective population-based study to describe the temporal pattern of the
incidence and prevalence and the clinical features and phenotypes of ALS in Modena, Italy …

The aims of this study were (1) to explore the behavioral and sociodemographic factors
influencing urinary cotinine (COT-U) levels in active smokers and in environmental tobacco …

Objective The aim of this study was to assess the misclassification of cause of death for
breast cancer cases, and to evaluate the differential misclassification between cases …

The aims of this research were to develop and validate a simple, sensitive method to
determine un-conjugated urinary cotinine (COT-U) levels and to investigate its ability to …

Background Data are lacking on mortality from chronic liver diseases of different aetiology
by education level. Aims To investigate the association between education level and …

Objective This study evaluates the impact of the introduction of ICD-10 on mortality statistics
in Italy. Design «Bridge-Coding» analysis carried out by a working group that has coded a …