A5009231809- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
- Arsenic contamination and mitigation
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Risk Perception and Management
- Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
- Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
- Heavy metals in environment
- Noise Effects and Management
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
- Healthcare Facilities Design and Sustainability
- Human Health and Disease
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- COVID-19 impact on air quality
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Chemical Safety and Risk Management
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Sulfur Compounds in Biology
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
National Research Council
2009-2025
Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica
2014-2025
National Research Council
2024
Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio
2011
Regione Toscana
2011
Arsenic-induced health effects may be associated with critically shortened telomeres. However, few data are available on the of arsenic exposure telomere length. The aim this study was to investigate chronic leukocyte length (LTL) as well contribution common polymorphisms in genes implicated metabolism (GSTT1 and GSTM1) DNA repair (hOGG1 XRCC1). A group 241 healthy subjects enrolled from four areas Italy known affected by natural or anthropogenic pollution. Urine samples were tested for...
Environmental noise can induce detrimental health effects such as cardiovascular disease (CVD). The relationship between vehicular traffic pollution and CVD was investigated through a retrospective residential cohort study in the city of Pisa. Four exposure classes were defined for pollution, using propagation maps. association exposures cause-specific mortality or hospitalization subjects calculated hazard ratio (HR) night day multiple time-dependent sex-specific Cox regression adjusting...
The limited scientific knowledge on the relationship between exposure and health effects in relation to geothermal activity motivated an epidemiologic investigation of Tuscan area.This study aims at describing mortality populations living municipalities period 2003-2012.Sixteen were included area: eight northern southern area. Mortality data come from Regional Registry Tuscany. Fifty-four causes death, considered interest for population status or consistent with "Project SENTIERI" criteria,...
Arsenic is ubiquitous and has a potentially adverse impact on human health. We compared the distribution of concentrations urinary inorganic arsenic plus methylated forms (uc(iAs+MMA+DMA)) in four Italian areas with other international studies, we assessed relationship between uc(iAs+MMA+DMA) various exposure factors. conducted biomonitoring study 271 subjects (132 men) aged 20-44, randomly sampled stratified by area, gender, age. Data environmental occupational dietary habits were collected...
Chronic arsenic (As) exposure is a critical public health issue. The As metabolism can be influenced by many factors. objective of this study to verify if these factors influence in four Italian areas affected pollution. Descriptive analyses were conducted on 271 subjects aged 20–49 order assess the effect each factor considered methylation. Percentages metabolites urine, primary and secondary methylation indexes calculated as indicators for metabolic capacity. results indicate that women...
Air pollution is one of the main risk factors for human health. The aim this study was to provide an Integrated Environmental and Health Impact Assessment (IEHIA) tool estimate impacts on both environment health in Pisa municipality (central Italy). For each pollutant considered (PM2.5, PM10, NO2), Population-Weighted Exposure (PWE) Attributable Deaths (ADs) were calculated considering difference between PWE latest air quality guidelines suggested by World Organization. PWEs 16.1 µg/m3, 24.9...
Environmental pollution has been progressively becoming one of the main risk factors to human diseases. In particular, populations living in high-contaminated sites are particularly exposed environmental toxicants, with consequent increased risks health. Italy, there currently ongoing three epidemiological etiological studies aimed at evaluating association between exposure inorganic and organic chemicals presence biological markers early effects population National Priority Contaminated...
In the province of Lecce (southern Italy), a higher incidence lung cancer (LC) among men compared to regional and national data was reported. sub-area in center (cluster area), mortality for LC even higher. PROTOS is case–control study aimed at investigating possible risk factors area. A total 442 patients with 1326 controls matched by sex age living least 10 years were enrolled georeferenced; they filled questionnaire their personal information exposures. For each factor, an Odds Ratio...
Atmospheric pollution has been recognized as the greatest environmental threat to human health. The population of Venafro Valley, southern Italy, is exposed emissions from a Waste-To-Energy (WTE) and cement plant potentially also another WTE located in neighboring region Lazio; also, vehicular atmospheric situation critical. In order assess health risk residents eight municipalities retrospective residential cohort study during 2006-2019 was carried out.Four exposure classes were defined by...