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Eur J Paediatr Dent ; : 1, 2024 Jul 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38990089

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AIM: The present systematic review and meta-analysis (Prospero registration number: CRD42023472016) aims to assess the prevalence of developmental defects of enamel (DDEs), qualitatively and/or quantitatively, in childhood cancer survivors (CCS) and evaluate, when possible, these data in comparison with those found in healthy children. METHODS: Three electronic databases (PubMed, Embase, Scopus) were searched from January 2003 to January 2024 for studies reporting on DDEs in children with a mean age not exceeding 16 years at the time of the study who underwent antineoplastic therapy. The ROBINS-I and the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) tools were used to assess the risk of bias. Included studies with comparable outcomes underwent random effects models meta-analysis using Stata®18. CONCLUSION: CCS showed a higher prevalence of DDEs, both qualitative and quantitative, compared to healthy children. The meta- analysis showed higher odds of developing qualitative defects over quantitative defects in CCS. Conclusions regarding the association between the type of therapy administered, age of therapy initiation, and prevalence of DDEs could not be drawn due to insufficient data. A lack of a standardized method of detecting enamel defects posed a challenge in the qualitative and quantitative analysis.

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Eur J Paediatr Dent ; : 1, 2024 Jul 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38990109

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AIM: Dental caries is a common oral disease in children with special needs such as those with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). The aim is to assess whether the type and survival of three caries management, conventional resin restorations (CR), ART technique (ART) and SDF application without caries removal (SDF), in primary teeth carried out at the Pediatric Dentistry Department of San Paolo Hospital (University of Milan) differed between children with ASDs and unaffected peers. METHODS: Data from a convenience sample of children with and without ASDs, who have received dental care for caries in primary teeth from January 2019 to June 2022, were analysed. Medical history, age, sex, teeth treated, and type of treatment were collected from dental charts. Data on success and minor and major failures of each treatment were also collected. Two survival analysis were performed, one considering both major and minor failures, a second considering only major failures. Cox Proportional Hazards multivariate logistic models were run to assess factors associated with failures. The statistical significance was set at 5% (p< 0.05). CONCLUSION: In children with autism, the different techniques for approaching caries lesions seem to have the same probability of success. Therefore, the choice of treatment should be patient-oriented rather than lesion-oriented. In unaffected children, the gold standard always seems to be traditional restorative treatment.

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J Gen Intern Med ; 36(3): 753-761, 2021 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33403622

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BACKGROUND: Many studies have shown that low health literacy (HL) is associated with several adverse outcomes. In this study, we systematically reviewed the prevalence of low HL in Europe. METHODS: PubMed, Embase, and Scopus were searched. Cross-sectional studies conducted in the European Union (EU), published from 2000, investigating the prevalence of low HL in adults using a reliable tool, were included. Quality was assessed with the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. Inverse-variance random effects methods were used to produce pooled prevalence estimates. A meta-regression analysis was performed to assess the association between low HL and the characteristics of the studies. RESULTS: The pooled prevalence of low HL ranged from of 27% (95% CI: 18-38%) to 48% (95% CI: 41-55%), depending on the literacy assessment method applied. Southern, Western, and Eastern EU countries had lower HL compared to northern Europe (ß: 0.87, 95% CI: 0.40-1.35; ß: 0.59, 95% CI: 0.25-0.93; and ß: 0.72, 95% CI: 0.06-1.37, respectively). The assessment method significantly influenced the pooled estimate: compared to word recognition items, using self-reported comprehensions items (ß: 0.61, 95% CI: 0.15-1.08), reading or numeracy comprehensions items (ß: 0.77, 95% CI: 0.24-1.31), or a mixed method (ß: 0.66, 95% CI: 0.01-1.33) found higher rates of low HL. Refugees had the lowest HL (ß: 1.59, 95% CI: 0.26-2.92). Finally, lower quality studies reported higher rates of low HL (ß: 0.56, 95% CI: 0.06-1.07). DISCUSSION: We found that low HL is a public health challenge throughout Europe, where one in every three to almost one in every two Europeans may not be able to understand essential health-related material. Additional research is needed to investigate the underlying causes and to develop remedies. PROSPERO REGISTRATION: CRD42019133377.


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Letramento em Saúde , Adulto , Estudos Transversais , Europa (Continente)/epidemiologia , União Europeia , Humanos , Prevalência
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Ig Sanita Pubbl ; 76(4): 257-264, 2020.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33161422

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The law of March 2019 established the municipal epidemiological report to make easier the rapid and lowresource monitoring of the exposed population. Environmental observatory active in Trino since 2014 has equipped this tool and making the first evalution of the risk with census sections from 1970 to 2018. The result highlighted that overall mortality (for total gender) show a decreasing trend while for oncological diseases the results are more difficult to interpret especially in areas close to former industrial sites or contaminated sites. Next step is producing a REC with data for 2019 and divided by gender.


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Exposição Ambiental , Monitoramento Ambiental , Poluição Ambiental/efeitos adversos , Centrais Nucleares , Cidades , Humanos , População
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Biol Bull ; 238(3): 145-153, 2020 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32597719

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Ecosystem responses to invasion are strongly influenced by interactions between invaders and native species. If native species provide biotic resistance by consuming or competing with an invader, the invasion may be slowed, and/or invasive populations may be limited. If local herbivores recognize an invasive plant as being similar to native species, they may graze it more readily. Biotic resistance is thus generally predicted to increase if the invader is phylogenetically related to natives. However, if the native species were unpalatable, then grazers may be predisposed to avoid the invader, thus reducing biotic resistance from consumption. In the marine realm, invertebrate grazers often avoid feeding on invasive algae. However, tests comparing macroalgal invaders to phylogenetically related natives have been rare. Here we present data for invertebrate grazing and habitat use of (i) invasive Agarophyton vermiculophyllum (Rhodophyta: Gracilariales: Gracilarieae), (ii) the native contribal species Gracilaria tikvahiae, and (iii) an unrelated native, Ulva sp., the most common native alga in the system. We find that grazers prefer Ulva over both Gracilarieae, both for feeding and for habitat use. These data suggest that biotic resistance from consumption is low and not enhanced by the presence of a closely related native alga.


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Ecossistema , Rodófitas , Animais , Herbivoria , Espécies Introduzidas , Invertebrados
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Eur J Paediatr Dent ; 21(1): 9-12, 2020 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32183521

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AIM: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is characterised by impairments in communication and social relationships and by a narrow, repetitive and stereotyped repertoire of activities, behaviours and interests. The aim of this work is to evaluate how these characteristics have an impact on oral health. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A search was conducted through MEDLINE/PubMed and Web of Science in order to evaluate the oral health status of children with ASD and the correlation between ASD and dental caries, periodontal disease, dental injuries, oral microbiota, as well as the different strategies, approach and treatments in ASD patients. Forty-six articles were selected. RESULTS: Children with ASD are at higher risk of caries, alteration of the periodontal status, alterations of the oral microbiota and increased risk of traumatic injuries. CONCLUSION: Since ASD is a haeterogeneous disease with a wide range of expressions in individuals, adapted and specific strategies are needed. ASD children represent a challenge for the dental community.


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Transtorno do Espectro Autista , Cárie Dentária , Doenças Periodontais , Criança , Humanos , Saúde Bucal
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Ann Ig ; 31(5): 399-413, 2019.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31304521

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BACKGROUND: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), or nosocomial infections, represent a significant burden in terms of mortality, morbidity, length of stay and costs for patients hospitalized in intensive care units (ICUs). Surveillance systems are recommended by national and international institutions to gather data on HAIs in order to develop and evaluate interventions that reduce the risk of HAIs. STUDY DESIGN: Here we describe the methodology and the results of the surveillance system implemented in the ICU of the Policlinico Umberto I, a large teaching hospital in Rome, from April 2016 to October 2018. METHODS: The multimodal infection surveillance system integrates four different approaches: i) active surveillance of inpatients; ii) environmental microbiological surveillance; iii) surveillance of isolated microorganisms; and iv) behavioral surveillance of healthcare personnel. Data were collected on catheter-related bloodstream infections, ventilation-associated pneumonia, catheter-associated urinary tract infections and primary bloodstream infections that developed in patients after 48 h in the ICU. For environmental surveillance 14 points were selected for sampling (i.e. bed edges, medication carts, PC keyboards, sink faucets). The system of active surveillance of HAIs also included surveillance of microorganisms, consisting of the molecular genotyping of bacterial isolates by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). From 1 November 2016, monitoring of compliance with guidelines for hand hygiene (HH) and proper glove or gown use by healthcare personnel was included in the surveillance system. After the first six months (baseline phase), a multimodal intervention to improve adherence to guidelines by healthcare personnel was conducted with the ICU staff. RESULTS: Overall, 773 patients were included in the active surveillance. The overall incidence rate of device-related HAIs was 14.1 (95% CI: 12.2-16.3) per 1000 patient-days. The monthly device-related HAI incident rate showed a decreasing trend over time, with peaks of incidence becoming progressively lower. The most common bacterial isolates were Klebsiella pneumoniae (20.7%), Acinetobacter baumannii (17.2%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (13.4%) and Staphylococcus aureus (5.4%). Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae showed the highest proportion of isolates with a multidrug-resistant profile. A total of 819 environmental samples were collected, from which 305 bacterial isolates were retrieved. The most frequent bacterial isolates were Acinetobacter baumannii (27.2%), Staphylococcus aureus (12.1%), Enterococcus faecalis (11.1%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (5.2%) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (4.7%). All Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae environmental isolates were at least multidrug-resistant. Genotyping showed a limited number of major PFGE patterns for both clinical and environmental isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii. Behavioral compliance rates significantly improved from baseline to post-intervention phase. CONCLUSIONS: By integrating information gathered from active surveillance, environmental microbiological surveillance, surveillance of bacterial isolates and behavioral surveillance of healthcare personnel, the multimodal infection surveillance system returned a precise and detailed view of the infectious risk and microbial ecology of the ICU.


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Infecções Relacionadas a Cateter/epidemiologia , Infecção Hospitalar/epidemiologia , Pneumonia Associada à Ventilação Mecânica/epidemiologia , Infecções Urinárias/epidemiologia , Adulto , Idoso , Infecções Relacionadas a Cateter/microbiologia , Infecções Relacionadas a Cateter/prevenção & controle , Infecção Hospitalar/microbiologia , Infecção Hospitalar/prevenção & controle , Feminino , Fidelidade a Diretrizes , Hospitais de Ensino , Humanos , Incidência , Unidades de Terapia Intensiva , Itália/epidemiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Recursos Humanos em Hospital/normas , Pneumonia Associada à Ventilação Mecânica/microbiologia , Pneumonia Associada à Ventilação Mecânica/prevenção & controle , Guias de Prática Clínica como Assunto , Infecções Urinárias/microbiologia , Infecções Urinárias/prevenção & controle
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J Water Health ; 15(2): 209-217, 2017 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28362302

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Escherichia coli (E. coli) is one of the most commonly adopted indicators for the determination of the microbiological quality in water and treated wastewater. Two main types of methods are used for the enumeration of this faecal indicator: membrane filtration (MF) and enzyme substrate tests. For both types, several substrates based on the ß-D-glucuronidase activity have been commercialized. The specificity of this enzyme for E. coli bacteria has generated considerable use of methods that identify the ß-D-glucuronidase activity as a definite indication of the presence of E. coli, without any further confirmation. This approach has been recently questioned for the application to wastewater. The present study compares two methods belonging to the above-mentioned types for the enumeration of E. coli in wastewater: MF with Tryptone Bile X-glucuronide agar and the Colilert®-18 test. Confirmation tests showed low average percentages of false positives and false negatives for both enumeration methods (between 4 and 11%). Moreover, the counting capabilities of these two methods were compared for a set of 70 samples of wastewater having different origins and degrees of treatment. Statistical analysis showed that the Colilert®-18 test allowed on average for a significantly higher recovery of E. coli.


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Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Monitoramento Ambiental/métodos , Escherichia coli/isolamento & purificação , Glucuronidase/metabolismo , Águas Residuárias/microbiologia , Monitoramento Ambiental/instrumentação , Escherichia coli/enzimologia , Filtração/métodos
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Ann Ig ; 29(1): 73-85, 2017.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28067940

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INTRODUCTION: This study of the geographical incidence on the oncological mortality in young age (0-44 years) in the City of Vercelli, was aimed to address the concerns of the population and the request of municipal administrators. A detailed and sophisticated study for a City of medium-small size is due for the presence of various sources of pressure, such as a MSW incinerator just a few kilometres from the city and an intensive agricultural activity that characterizes the entire area. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study is based on the census analysis of the population, and of the hospital admission cards, and it considers epidemiological standardized estimators and spatial analysis through Bayesian models, as well. RESULTS: Both approaches highlight Major risks for the area south of the city for major tumours such as total cancer in women (SIR / SMR significant excess of about 50%), colorectal (mean increments SMR / SIR between 3 and 4 times), ovary (mean increments SMR / SIR between 3:04 and times), and nervous system (increases 3 times for both indicators). CONCLUSION: These results deserve further studies through inferential case-control and cohort analysis, given the marginal role of the possible occupational hazards in the aetiology of juvenile cancer disorders.


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Exposição Ambiental/efeitos adversos , Incineração , Neoplasias/epidemiologia , Neoplasias/etiologia , População Urbana/estatística & dados numéricos , Adolescente , Adulto , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Humanos , Incidência , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Itália/epidemiologia , Masculino , Neoplasias/mortalidade , Sistema de Registros , Estudos Retrospectivos , Fatores de Risco , Distribuição por Sexo , Taxa de Sobrevida , Fatores de Tempo
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Ann Ig ; 28(3): 208-17, 2016.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27297197

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The Vercelli Province counts two former nuclear installations: a radioactive waste disposal area in Saluggia and a former nuclear power plant in Trino. This study takes also into account four other neighbouring municipalities, counting 20,000 total inhabitants. We studied the incidence of neoplastic pathologies in the 2002-2010 period. The data sources were Hospital Discharge Form (SDO), histological reports from the Registry of Hospital Charts (RHC) and Italy's National Statistics Institute (ISTAT) reports, and the Cancer Register of Turin. The research highlights the excesses for all type of cancers (SIR=1,11; IC 1,04-1,18), including the ones of nervous system (SIR=2,23 IC 1,47-2,98), leukaemia (SIR=1,94 IC 1,35-2,52), and bones (SIR=12,0 IC 9,22-14,7), according to different aggregation levels by age, sex and housing area. Considering such results, previous studies, and the environmental and occupational risk factors in the area, we believe that further epidemiological and environmental studies should be conducted in this area.


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Exposição Ambiental/efeitos adversos , Incineração , Neoplasias/epidemiologia , Resíduos Radioativos/efeitos adversos , População Urbana/estatística & dados numéricos , Adulto , Distribuição por Idade , Idoso , Feminino , Humanos , Incidência , Itália/epidemiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neoplasias/mortalidade , Reatores Nucleares , Sistema de Registros , Fatores de Risco , Distribuição por Sexo , Fatores de Tempo
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Oral Implantol (Rome) ; 9(2): 54-60, 2016.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28042431

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PURPOSE: Oral Lichen Planus (OLP) is a chronic inflammatory disease of skin and mucous membranes. Approximately 20% of women with oral lichen planus develops lesions in the genital mucosa. In 1982, Pelisse described a special form of lichen planus (LP), which consists of a triad of symptoms: vulval, vaginal and gingival (VVG)-LP lesions. Aim of the present report is to report two new cases and review the international literature. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Two cases of VVG-LP are reported and a review of recent literature is performed. RESULTS: The onset of erosive or ulcerative mouth lesions may precede or follow by months or even years the onset of vulvovaginal lesions. Vaginal agglutination is associated with the postmenopausal state in conjunction with a dermatologic condition. Intra-lesional corticosteroids have a role in localized chronic ulceration, while systemic therapies such as corticosteroids, azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil, hydroxychloroquine, ciclosporin, methotrexate, retinoids, thalidomide and photo chemotherapy have been used in more severe cases with varying success. CONCLUSIONS: VVG-LP is rather a rare condition and has been documented in the literature mainly in the form of case reports. Lack of a precise diagnostic criteria of VVG-LP depends on the specialists.

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J Biol Regul Homeost Agents ; 29(3 Suppl 1): 39-41, 2015.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26511179

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Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is an autoimmune disease that manifests as intraepithelial blisters in skin and mucous membranes. We report the case of a 62-year-old female patient with clinical picture of desquamative gingivitis and a histological and serological diagnosis of pemphigus vulgaris. The aim of this study is to analyse bollous oral diseases in order to evaluate the feasibility to image epithelial architecture of oral mucosae using in vivo optical coherence tomography. Optical coherence tomography seems to be a valid non-invasive auxiliary diagnostic device able to show in vivo the epithelial layers and basal membrane.

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Ann Ig ; 27(4): 633-45, 2015.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26241108

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BACKGROUND: The places, where the incinerators are located, often present problems of heterogeneous people having different environmental factors. It becomes important to evaluate the possible etiologic role of various environmental risk factors and try to quantify as they affect in the excess epidemiological. METHODS: This study considers the ISTAT index mortality due to all causes occurred from 1988 to 2009 referred to ten municipalities at south of Vercelli (Piedmont, North Western Italy) placed nearby the active incinerator from 1977 (10 latent years). The risks were calculated considering this area at risk versus the municipalities placed at North of Vercelli and versus the Vercelli. RESULTS: Some significant statically excesses emerged in the South area such as neoplasia of nervous system, liver and total of tumours. CONCLUSIONS: The study presents some drawbacks, but it is a work creditable of widening by specific research ad hoc such as cohort and/or control where it is possible to verify various environmental, occupational and occasional factors.


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Exposição Ambiental/efeitos adversos , Incineração , Mortalidade/tendências , Neoplasias/epidemiologia , Resíduos Sólidos , Feminino , Humanos , Itália/epidemiologia , Neoplasias Hepáticas/epidemiologia , Masculino , Neoplasias do Sistema Nervoso/epidemiologia , Centrais Elétricas , Fatores de Risco , Distribuição por Sexo , Fatores de Tempo
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Water Res ; 85: 66-73, 2015 Nov 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26302216

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Treated wastewater reuse is increasing in semi-arid regions as a response to the effects of climate change and increased competition for natural water resources. Investigating the fate of bacterial indicators is relevant to assess their persistence in the environment and possible transfer to groundwater or to the food chain. A long-term field-scale experimental campaign and a soil column test were carried out to evaluate the fate of the fecal indicator Escherichia coli (E. coli) in a cultivated soil when contaminated water resources are used for irrigation. For field experiments, fecal contamination was simulated by dosing the indicator to the effluent of a membrane bioreactor, thus simulating a filtration system's failure, and irrigating a test field where grass was grown. The presence of E. coli on grass and topsoil samples was monitored under different scenarios. For evaluating the fate of the same indicator in the subsoil, a set of soil columns was installed next to the field, operated, and monitored for E. coli concentration over time and along depth. Real municipal wastewater was used in this case as source of fecal contamination. Results showed that short- and medium-term effects on topsoil were strongly dependent on the concentration of E. coli in the irrigation water. Limited persistence and no relevant accumulation of the indicator on the grass and in the topsoil were observed. Watering events performed after fecal contamination did not influence significantly the decay in the topsoil, which followed a log-linear model. The trend of the E. coli concentrations in the leaching of the soil columns followed a log-linear model as well, suggesting bacterial decay as the dominant mechanism affecting the underground indicator's concentration.


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Irrigação Agrícola , Escherichia coli/isolamento & purificação , Água Subterrânea/microbiologia , Águas Residuárias/microbiologia , Microbiologia da Água , Fezes/microbiologia , Poaceae/microbiologia , Microbiologia do Solo , Eliminação de Resíduos Líquidos/métodos
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Ann Ig ; 26(3): 255-63, 2014.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24998216

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BACKGROUND: As the link between agricultural pesticides and numerous types of human cancers is wellknown. Farmers living in the Province of Vercelli (Italy) were observed to verify if they have a higher cancer risk than the rest of the local employed population. Literature showed a well-known excess of cancer morbidity and mortality in the Province of Vercelli, but only few studies focused on cancer incidence in local farmers. Studying farmers could allow to assess the causal importance respectively of environmental pressure and professional exposure factors in explaining cancer excesses in the above-mentioned area. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present ecological study considered all cancer new cases recorded among the mean employed population with a range of age from 25 to 84 years and resident in the Province of Vercelli during the four-year period 2002-2005. Cancer odds ratios, by gender and type of cancer, between farmers and non-farmers were calculated. RESULTS: Farmers showed a higher risk for the following tumors: colorectal (OR 2.38, IC95%: 1,76-2,87), leaukaemia (OR 2.65, IC95%:2,12-2,89), digestive system (OR 2.16, IC95% 1,92-2,33), lymphoma OR 2.08, IC95%:1,99-2,23), melanoma (OR 2.90, IC95%:2,54-3,15), myeloma OR 3.55, IC95%:3,23-3,70), pancreas OR 3.38, IC95%:3,14-3,61), lung (1.59, IC95%:1,12-2,38) and kidney (2.70, IC95%:2,41-2,99). Males showed a higher risk for lung cancer, females for liver neoplasm, melanoma and lymphoma. CONCLUSIONS: Farmers showed a higher risk for several cancers. Further studies are needed, in order to examine in detail the issue, to encourage the use of personal protective equipment and to promote a more responsible pesticides use.


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Agricultura , Neoplasias/epidemiologia , Doenças Profissionais/epidemiologia , Exposição Ocupacional/efeitos adversos , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Feminino , Humanos , Incidência , Itália/epidemiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neoplasias/patologia , Doenças Profissionais/patologia , Fatores de Risco , Fatores Sexuais
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Ann Ig ; 26(2): 157-66, 2014.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24763448

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BACKGROUND: We performed a geographic analysis study on mortality in the town of Vercelli, in order to respond to the concerns of the population and some local administrators. Main reason to carry out a detailed and sophisticated study for a city of medium-small size was represented by the presence of various sources of environmental and industrial pressure (i.e. old-generation incinerator for solid urban waste, industrial site for chemicals production, intense agricultural activity of rice production…). METHODS: The study analyzed census, ISTAT death cards, both from the epidemiological point of view with admirers that SMR standardized spatial analysis using Bayesian models. RESULTS: Overall, both approaches highlighted major risks for the area south of the capital for major cancers such as colorectal and lung and increases worthy of investigation for the young-adult age groups in both genders. And being processed a similar study that considers the incidence oncology. CONCLUSIONS: The imminent elaboration of the cartography by oncological incidence will allow us to confirm, or less, the areas in excess for the death data, and in the meanwhile observe any excesses for low mortality pathologies (e.g., thyroid) or neoplasies whose present therapies allowed complete recovery and/or very long survivals (e.g. leukaemia, lymphomas and testicle).


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Exposição Ambiental/efeitos adversos , Neoplasias/etiologia , Neoplasias/mortalidade , População Urbana/estatística & dados numéricos , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Humanos , Indústrias , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Itália/epidemiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neoplasias/epidemiologia , Fatores de Risco , Saúde da População Urbana
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Ann Ig ; 24(3): 241-8, 2012.
Artigo em Italiano | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22834253

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The object of the study is to provide an epidemiological overview of the impact of neoplasms in an area that has no cancer registry. A descriptive study was conducted within the Local Health Authority of Vercelli. To estimate the number of cases, hospital discharge documents (including passive mobility) were used and integrated with the archives of pathology. The number of cases was calculated on the basis of SIR (specific rates of the Vercelli Local Health Authority divided by age in the years 2002-2009 in comparison with new cases of cancer in the city of Turin from 2005 to 2007, used as standard population). All readings were expressed including intervals of confidence at 95%. For tumors of low lethality for males, extending the period of observation confirms the excess for bladder cancer (SIR = 1.1, 1.07 to 1.21) and lymphoma aggregate (SIR = 1.4, 1.2 to 1.6). for females: thyroid (SIR = 1.5, 1.3 to 1.65) and lymphomas (SIR = 1.25, 1.1 to 1.4). In addition to these tumors in both sexes is observed to decrease colorectal cancer but excess for leukemias and brain. The extension of the study is intended as the base for the creation of a cancer register that will be established, naturally integrating further sources of information. In all cases, data observed indicated several epidemiological peculiarities in the region, probably linked to specific characteristics of local exposure, which should be addressed in terms of Public Health.


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Neoplasias/epidemiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Itália/epidemiologia , Masculino , Fatores de Tempo
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Ann Ig ; 23(1): 27-32, 2011.
Artigo em Italiano | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21736004

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This study aims to investigate the incidence of leukaemia between 2002 and 2009 (ICDIX 204-208) among farmers active in the Vercelli province (North West Italy), during the period: 1962-1991. The farmer cohort (14397 subjects, 78 cases) was compared with a retail trader cohort (4565 subjects, 11 cases) who were Vercelli province residents as well, but not exposed to the risk factors associated with professional farming. A proportional hazard Cox model shows among the farmers, an approximately double leukaemia incidence with respect to traders (Hazard Ratio = 1,90 P-value 0,043 IC95% 1,00-3,60). Moreover men's incidence appears approximately to double that of women (Hazard Ratio = 1,92 P-value 0,003 IC95% 1,25-2,95).


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Doenças dos Trabalhadores Agrícolas/epidemiologia , Agricultura/estatística & dados numéricos , Comércio , Leucemia/epidemiologia , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Doenças dos Trabalhadores Agrícolas/mortalidade , Algoritmos , Estudos de Coortes , Comércio/estatística & dados numéricos , Feminino , Humanos , Incidência , Itália/epidemiologia , Leucemia/mortalidade , Estilo de Vida , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Razão de Chances , Modelos de Riscos Proporcionais , Fatores de Risco , Distribuição por Sexo
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Ann Ig ; 23(1): 33-42, 2011.
Artigo em Italiano | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21736005

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The survey takes an in-depth look at the state of health of the inhabitants of Trino, in the province of Vercelli. The presence of various industries like cement factories, foundries and the placing of a nuclear plant (E.FERMI) in past decades, led to the carrying out of several surveys in order to reveal possible epidemiological excesses. In the survey in question, a detailed analysis of cancer mortalities occurring from 2000 to 2007 was carried out, examining the results in comparison with the Local Health Authorities of Vercelli and data from the Rencam Registry of the city of Turin from 2004 to 2006. The results highlight and confirm significant excesses for cancers like the nervous system, leukaemia, mesothelioma and peritoneum. Subsequent historical analysis (1980 - 2000) with data from the BDM Piedmont with regards to cancer mortalities confirms part of our data, while for all other causes we highlight the anomaly of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in both sexes after the age of 65. The combination of these related results and our previous study of cases in Trino certainly require an in-depth epidemiological analysis through etiological studies.


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Esclerose Lateral Amiotrófica/mortalidade , Neoplasias/mortalidade , População Urbana/estatística & dados numéricos , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Esclerose Lateral Amiotrófica/epidemiologia , Causas de Morte/tendências , Feminino , Inquéritos Epidemiológicos , Humanos , Itália/epidemiologia , Leucemia/mortalidade , Masculino , Prontuários Médicos , Mesotelioma/mortalidade , Neoplasias/epidemiologia , Neoplasias do Sistema Nervoso/mortalidade , Neoplasias Peritoneais/mortalidade , Neoplasias Pleurais/mortalidade , Sistema de Registros , Estudos Retrospectivos , Fatores de Risco , Taxa de Sobrevida
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Ann Ig ; 23(5): 399-418, 2011.
Artigo em Italiano | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22403994

RESUMO

The research provides an observational epidemiological study to detect whether there is a cluster or a local excess morbidity rate in Barengo, site of a solid waste quarry, as well as to define the initial hypothesis of causal relationships and then trigger if necessary, more stringent and specific inferential assessments. The population studied consists of all the residents in the eight municipalities that make up the area next to the dump site with Barengo as the central point, site of the plant; the reference population in Barengo, Cavaglietto, Momo, Cavaglio, Briona, Vaprio, Fara and Sizzano add up to about 11,122 residents. The overall mortality data for the years 2000-2009 show excesses for cardiovascular diseases, digestive system as well as nervous and respiratory systems for both sexes; to monitor next would be the frequency of some cancers such as, bone, kidney, small intestine and ovary. Given the current epidemiological considerations, today we cannot derive the determining conditions of health levels observed. The viability of a health risk identification can be achieved only in a second intervention capable of inferring random links in regards to the presence of specific risk situations.


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Exposição Ambiental/efeitos adversos , Nível de Saúde , Incidência , Eliminação de Resíduos , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Doenças Cardiovasculares/epidemiologia , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Análise por Conglomerados , Doenças do Sistema Digestório/epidemiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Itália/epidemiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neoplasias/epidemiologia , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso/epidemiologia , Doenças Respiratórias/epidemiologia
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