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[…] air quality guidelines were not met.1Italy is still among the countries where air pollution levels exceed the WHO guidelines. Moreover, the European Commission decided to refer Italy to the Court of justice for failing to respect limit values for PM10 and NO2 and for failing to take appropriate measures to keep exceedance periods as short as possible.The Italian government has approved the Nation […]

[…] lobal Health Observatory.5,10 GBD estimates air pollution as the cause of over 6.5 million deaths each year globally, and this number is increasing.11 Likewise, the EEA defines air pollution as the major cause of premature death and disease and the single largest environmental health risk in Europe.5 Thus, these websites might be useful tools for informing and raising awareness on air pollution co […]

[…] most EU countries. In Italy, however, access to EC has historically been more restricted. LNG was introduced in 2000 as a prescription-only drug,12 with physicians allowed to exercise conscientious objection,13 while UPA was authorized in 201114. Persistent social stigma and misconceptions equating EC with induced abortion have been identified as contributing factors to barriers in access.15A poli […]

[…] iere linguistiche specifiche di ciascuna cultura o addirittura alle diverse visioni politiche.23In particolare, nel suo celebre libro The Disease Concept of Alcoholism, pubblicato nel 1960, E. Morton jellinek aveva identificato cinque diversi tipi di alcolismo, non tutti connotati come malattie, e distinti secondo le prime cinque lettere dell’alfabeto greco. Gli alcolisti gamma sono bevitori […]

[…] strutture (in figura 1: H1 e H2) rispetto alla posizione di un i-esimo utente, come il prodotto delle rispettive capacità ricettive (mH1 e mH2) e inversamente proporzionale alla distanza delle j-esime strutture dal luogo di residenza dell’i-esimo utente (dij). In sintesi, l’accessibilità a servizi sanitari13-15 può essere declinata in termini di attrattività […]

[…] . Disponibile all’indirizzo: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WER9623-217-228 Abbatecola AM, Antonelli-Incalzi R. Editorial: COVID-19 Spiraling of Frailty in Older Italian Patients. j Nutr Health Aging 2020;24(5):453-55. doi: 10.1007/s12603-020-1357-9 Ruscica M, Macchi C, Iodice S et al. Prognostic parameters of in-hospital mortality in COVID-19 patients-An Italian experience. Eu […]

[…] ). Although this checklist was designed for HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) studies, its use may extend to the wider field of epidemiology and prevention healthcare, making it a valuable addition to your journal. Research in epidemiology and health prevention has considerably evolved, underscoring the ever-increasing need for standardised reporting practice. In particular, the emergence of drug resist […]

[…] . WHO global air quality guidelines: Particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2021. Schraufnagel DE, Balmes jR, Cowl CT et al. Air pollution and noncommunicable diseases: A review by the Forum of International Respiratory Societies’ Environmental Committee, Part 2: Air pollution and organ systems. Che […]

[…] d by young people today.The focus of immunisation for COVID has largely been on adults and older age groups (and later pregnant women in 2021). We have seen that children and adolescents were not a major part of the research related to vaccines. Globally, almost 3 million children have missed routine vaccines due to effects of the pandemic (GAVI) negatively impacting the gains made for tackling in […]

[…] pandemic, the care pathways and the support networks for pregnant women, mothers, fathers, and newborns needed to be rapidly reviewed and reorganised, due to new and urgent emerging problems. Between january and March 2020, however, scientific evidence on COVID-19 and pregnancy was still scarce and not always consistent. Indeed, the initial epidemiological pressure caused by the pandemic led regio […]

[…] o la letteratura scientifica. Durante la due giorni congressuale, abbiamo deciso di tracciare una linea temporale e affrontare il restyling che ha portato la letteratura scientifica dall’era di john Snow all’epoca dei social influencer. Questa volta, però, vogliamo dedicare queste poche righe non al contenuto del Convegno, ma alle tre parole che da quei due giorni che sentiamo u […]

[…] er arricchire le proprie ricerche.In molti, negli ultimi anni, hanno provato a dimensionare questo tema. A tal fine, invitiamo alla lettura di ciò che Rodolfo Saracci ha proposto allo European journal of Epidemiology,2 fornendo un punto di vista interessante. Concludiamo con una celebre citazione di Einstein, a cui Saracci rimanda, che contestualizza il problema e ci mette in guardia sull&r […]

[…] iera così esplicita, per l’intera durata del Convegno, avendo proprio nel titolo un chiaro riferimento a uno dei personaggi più noti della storia dell’epidemiologia moderna: john Snow, appunto.Il corso «Introduzione all’epidemiologia» ha affrontato l’argomento storico spiegando passo dopo passo i ragionamenti che hanno portato allo sviluppo del met […]

[…] more, incidenza e mortalità sono in calo. Epidemiol Prev 2016;40(1):75. Richiardi L, Pizzi C, Pearce N. Commentary: Representativeness is usually not necessary and often should be avoided. Int j Epidemiol 2013;42(4):1018-22. Richiardi L, Baussano I, Vizzini L, Douwes j, Pearce N, Merletti F. Feasibility of recruiting a birth cohort through the Internet: the experience of the NINFEA cohort. […]