Does mild COPD affect prognosis in the elderly? (2010)
Pedone, Claudio, Scarlata, Simone, Sorino, Claudio, Forastiere, Francesco, Bellia, Vincenzo, Antonelli Incalzi, Raffaele
Abstract Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects independence and survival in the general population, but it is unknown to which extent this conclusion applies to elderly...
Inequalities, inequities, environmental justice in waste management and health (2010)
Martuzzi, Marco, Mitis, Francesco, Forastiere, Francesco
Background: The scientific evidence on the health effects of waste-related exposure is not conclusive. Differential exposure to waste by socio-economic status (SES) is often documented, but the...
Porta, Daniela, Milani, Simona, Lazzarino, Antonio I, Perucci, Carlo A, Forastiere, Francesco
Abstract Background Management of solid waste (mainly landfills and incineration) releases a number of toxic substances, most in small quantities and at extremely low levels. Because of the wide...
Agabiti, Nera, Pirani, Monica, Schifano, Patrizia, Cesaroni, Giulia, Davoli, Marina, Bisanti, Luigi, ...
Abstract Background A relationship between quality of primary health care and preventable hospitalizations has been described in the US, especially among the elderly. In Europe, there has been a...
Expert elicitation on ultrafine particles: likelihood of health effects and causal pathways (2009)
Knol, Anne B, De Hartog, Jeroen J, Boogaard, Hanna, Slottje, Pauline, Van Der Sluijs, Jeroen P, Lebret, Erik, ...
Abstract Background Exposure to fine ambient particulate matter (PM) has consistently been associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The relationship between exposure to ultrafine particles...
Migliore, Enrica, Berti, Giovanna, Galassi, Claudia, Pearce, Neil, Forastiere, Francesco, Calabrese, Roberto, ...
Abstract Background Epidemiological studies have provided evidence that exposure to vehicular traffic increases the prevalence of respiratory symptoms and may exacerbate pre-existing asthma in...
Expert elicitation on ultrafine particles: likelihood of health effects and causal pathways. (2009)
Knol, Anne Barbara, Hartog, J.J. De, Boogaard, H., Slottje, P., Lebret, E., ...
BACKGROUND: Exposure to fine ambient particulate matter (PM) has consistently been associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The relationship between exposure to ultrafine particles (UFP)...
Conte, Maria E, Pedone, Claudio, Forastiere, Francesco, Bellia, Vincenzo, Antonelli-Incalzi, Raffaele
Abstract Background The association between bronchial obstruction severity and mortality in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is well established, but it is unknown whether...
Socioeconomic status and hospitalization in the very old: a retrospective study (2007)
Antonelli-Incalzi, Raffaele, Ancona, Carla, Forastiere, Francesco, Belleudi, Valeria, Corsonello, Andrea, Perucci, Carlo A
Abstract Background Socioeconomic status could affect the demand for hospital care. The aim of the present study was to assess the role of age, socioeconomic status and comorbidity on acute hospital...
Mats Rosenlund, Francesco Forastiere, Massimo Stafoggia, Daniela Porta, Mara Perucci, Andrea Ranzi, ...
Agabiti, Nera, Picciotto, Sally, Cesaroni, Giulia, Bisanti, Luigi, Forastiere, Francesco, Onorati, Roberta, ...
Objective. In countries with universal health coverage, socioeconomic status is not expected to influence access to effective treatment and its prognosis. We tested whether socioeconomic status...
Socioeconomic differentials in premature mortality in Rome: changes from 1990 to 2001 (2006)
Cesaroni, Giulia, Agabiti, Nera, Forastiere, Francesco, Ancona, Carla, Perucci, Carlo A
Abstract Background While socioeconomic inequalities in mortality have widened in many countries, evidence of social differentials is scarce in Southern Europe. We studied temporal changes in...
Peters, Annette, Von Klot, Stephanie, Berglind, Niklas, Hörmann, Allmut, Löwel, Hannelore, Nyberg, Fredrik, ...
Abstract Background Short-term fluctuations of ambient air pollution have been associated with exacerbation of cardiovascular disease. A multi-city study was designed to assess the probability of...
Air pollution and lung function among susceptible adult subjects: a panel study (2006)
Lagorio, Susanna, Forastiere, Francesco, Pistelli, Riccardo, Iavarone, Ivano, Michelozzi, Paola, Fano, Valeria, ...
Abstract Background Adverse health effects at relatively low levels of ambient air pollution have consistently been reported in the last years. We conducted a time-series panel study of subjects with...
Agabiti, Nera, Picciotto, Sally, Cesaroni, Giulia, Bisanti, Luigi, Forastiere, Francesco, Onorati, Roberta, ...
Objective. In countries with universal health coverage, socioeconomic status is not expected to influence access to effective treatment and its prognosis. We tested whether socioeconomic status...
Agabiti, Nera, Picciotto, Sally, Cesaroni, Giulia, Bisanti, Luigi, Forastiere, Francesco, Onorati, Roberta, ...
Objective. In countries with universal health coverage, socioeconomic status is not expected to influence access to effective treatment and its prognosis. We tested whether socioeconomic status...
Porta, Daniela, Perucci, Carlo A., Forastiere, Francesco, De Luca, Assunta
Background: After the introduction of the highly active antiretroviral therapies, data from AIDS surveillance systems are less useful to describe the HIV epidemic, while HIV surveillance could give...
Sunyer, Jordi, Ballester, Ferran, Tertre, Alain Le, Atkinson, Richard, Ayres, Jon G, Forastiere, Francesco, ...
The objective of this study is to assess the short-term effect of sulfur dioxide (SO2) air pollution levels on hospital admissions for cardiovascular diseases. Daily mean hospital admissions for...
Silicosis and Lung Function Decrements among Female Ceramic Workers in Italy (2002)
Forastiere, Francesco, Goldsmith, David F., Sperati, Alessandra, Rapiti, Elisabetta, Miceli, Maria, Cavariani, Fulvio, ...
It is well known that male ceramic workers have elevated risks of chronic silicosis. The objective of this study was to assess whether female ceramic workers also have an increased risk of silicosis...
Adult and Childhood Leukemia near a High-Power Radio Station in Rome, Italy (2002)
Michelozzi, Paola, Capon, Alessandra, Kirchmayer, Ursula, Forastiere, Francesco, Biggeri, Annibale, Barca, Alessandra, ...
Some recent epidemiologic studies suggest an association between lymphatic and hematopoietic cancers and residential exposure to high-frequency electromagnetic fields (100 kHz to 300 GHz) generated...
Cigar and Pipe Smoking and Lung Cancer Risk: a Multicenter Study From Europe (1999)
Boffetta, Paolo, Pershagen, Göran, Jöckel, Karl-Heinz, Forastiere, Francesco, Gaborieau, Valerie, Heinrich, Joachim, ...
BACKGROUND: Because limited information is available on the quantitative association between consumption of tobacco products other than cigarettes and lung cancer risk, we undertook a case-control...
Dell'Orco, Valerio, Forastiere, Francesco, Agabiti, Nera, Corbo, Giuseppe M., Pistelli, Riccarcdo, Pacifici, Roberta, ...
The study examines the role of several potential predictors of urinary cotinine levels in a cross-sectional sample of 1,072 nonsmoking children and adolescents in Latium, Italy, during 1990–1991....
Epidemiologic studies of occupational and environmental exposures and cancer of the lung / (1994)
Thesis (doctoral)--Linköping University, 1994.
DAVOLI, MARINA, PERUCCI, CARLO A, FORASTIERE, FRANCESCO, DOYLE, PAT, RAPITI, ELISABETTA, ZACCARELLI, MAURO, ...
Overdose mortality is the major adverse health effect of drug injection. The potential determinants of overdose death are poorly understood; the aim of this study was to investigate risk factors for...
DAVOLI, MARINA, PERUCCI, CARLO A, FORASTIERE, FRANCESCO, DOYLE, PAT, RAPITI, ELISABETTA, ZACCARELLI, MAURO, ...
ROSMINI, FRANCESCO, CASTELLANI-PASTORIS, MADDALENA, MAZZOTTI, MIRELLA FANTASIA, FORASTIERE, FRANCESCO, GAVAZZONI, ANGELO, GRECO, DONATO, ...
Rosmini, F., M. Castellani-Pastorls, M. F. Mazzotti, F. Forastiere, A. Gavaz-zonl, D. Greco, G. Ruckdeschel, E. Tartagni, A. Zampierl and W. B. Baine (Epidemiology Program Office, CDC, Atlanta, GA...
Air pollution and lung function among susceptible adult subjects: a panel study
Lagorio, Susanna, Forastiere, Francesco, Pistelli, Riccardo, Iavarone, Ivano, Michelozzi, Paola, Fano, Valeria, ...
Peters, Annette, Von Klot, Stephanie, Berglind, Niklas, Hörmann, Allmut, Löwel, Hannelore, Nyberg, Fredrik, ...
Socioeconomic differentials in premature mortality in Rome: changes from 1990 to 2001
Cesaroni, Giulia, Agabiti, Nera, Forastiere, Francesco, Ancona, Carla, Perucci, Carlo A
Air pollution and lung function among susceptible adult subjects: a panel study
Lagorio, Susanna, Forastiere, Francesco, Pistelli, Riccardo, Iavarone, Ivano, Michelozzi, Paola, Fano, Valeria, ...
Peters, Annette, Von Klot, Stephanie, Berglind, Niklas, Hörmann, Allmut, Löwel, Hannelore, Nyberg, Fredrik, ...
Socioeconomic differentials in premature mortality in Rome: changes from 1990 to 2001
Cesaroni, Giulia, Agabiti, Nera, Forastiere, Francesco, Ancona, Carla, Perucci, Carlo A
Rückerl, Regina, Greven, Sonja, Ljungman, Petter, Aalto, Pasi, Antoniades, Charalambos, Bellander, Tom, ...
Socioeconomic status and hospitalization in the very old: a retrospective study
Antonelli-Incalzi, Raffaele, Ancona, Carla, Forastiere, Francesco, Belleudi, Valeria, Corsonello, Andrea, Perucci, Carlo A
Conte, Maria E, Pedone, Claudio, Forastiere, Francesco, Bellia, Vincenzo, Antonelli-Incalzi, Raffaele
Picciotto, Sally, Forastiere, Francesco, Stafoggia, Massimo, D'Ippoliti, Daniela, Ancona, Carla, Perucci, Carlo A
Migliore, Enrica, Berti, Giovanna, Galassi, Claudia, Pearce, Neil, Forastiere, Francesco, Calabrese, Roberto, ...
Expert elicitation on ultrafine particles: likelihood of health effects and causal pathways
Knol, Anne B, De Hartog, Jeroen J, Boogaard, Hanna, Slottje, Pauline, Van Der Sluijs, Jeroen P, Lebret, Erik, ...
Ljungman, Petter, Bellander, Tom, Schneider, Alexandra, Breitner, Susanne, Forastiere, Francesco, Hampel, Regina, ...
Valente, Pasquale, Forastiere, Francesco, Bacosi, Antonella, Cattani, Giorgio, Carlo, Simonetta Di, Ferri, Monica, ...
Epidemiology, Public Health, and the Rhetoric of False Positives
Blair, Aaron, Saracci, Rodolfo, Vineis, Paolo, Cocco, Pierluigi, Forastiere, Francesco, Grandjean, Philippe, ...
Agabiti, Nera, Pirani, Monica, Schifano, Patrizia, Cesaroni, Giulia, Davoli, Marina, Bisanti, Luigi, ...