Perceived Risk in the Population Living near the Turin Incinerator: Comparison between before and at Three Years of Operation.

When the Turin incinerator went into operation in 2013, it was accompanied by surveillance of health effects that included a human biomonitoring survey of 394 residents. They responded to items investigating their awareness of environmental and health issues and perception of environmental health risks. In this study, we compared the questionnaire responses before plant startup and at 3 years of operation.

Land Use Regression Models for Ultrafine Particles in Six European Areas.

Long-term ultrafine particle (UFP) exposure estimates at a fine spatial scale are needed for epidemiological studies. Land use regression (LUR) models were developed and evaluated for six European areas based on repeated 30 min monitoring following standardized protocols. In each area; Basel (Switzerland), Heraklion (Greece), Amsterdam, Maastricht, and Utrecht ("The Netherlands"), Norwich (United Kingdom), Sabadell (Spain), and Turin (Italy), 160-240 sites were monitored to develop LUR models by supervised stepwise selection of GIS predictors.

[Human biomonitoring and variation of haematic parameters in a population exposed to PCB and dioxin near a steel plant in the lower Susa Valley].

Objective: to evaluate the degree of exposure to PCB in a population resident in the lower Susa Valley and its effects on general and endocrine homeostasis. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS AND MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: in the lower Susa Valley (Piedmont, Italy), there is a steel secondary casting plant (i.e.

Guidelines for preoperative assessment: impact on clinical practice and costs.

Objective: To describe preoperative evaluation in the San Giovanni Battista Hospital in Turin and to forecast the economic impact when preoperative assessment guidelines are implemented.

Design: We enrolled, in a month, 702 consecutive patients, excluding cardiac, thoracic, neuro- and vascular surgery, as well as emergency operations. Preoperative assessment data were collected individually, followed by simulating various applications of guidelines based on: (i) preoperative tests relying on full medical history and physical examination to discriminate preoperative risk patients; (ii) organization of a preoperative evaluation unit and tests before patient hospitalization.

Survival after pleural malignant mesothelioma: a population-based study in Italy.

Aims And Background: The study analyzed survival after malignant mesothelioma in the population-based Registry of Malignant Mesothelioma of Piedmont (NW Italy, 4.5 million total population). It focused on possible differences related to period of diagnosis a proxy of changes in diagnostic or therapeutic procedures.