[Reporting a cluster of lymphohaematopoietic cancers and management of the communication process with the community: the experience of a Local health Authority in Tuscany, Italy].

In 2008, some general practitioners (GPs) in the area of Empoli (Tuscany Region, Central Italy), reported to the Local Health Authority (LHA), an unusually high frequency of leukemia deaths among their patients residing in a one of the municipalities of the area. The LHA decided to carry out an epidemiological investigation. An interdepartmental working group was set up, led by the Department of Prevention of the LHA, and made up of representatives of the Institute for Study, Prevention and Cancer Network (ISPRO, Florence), the G.

Long-term effect of arsenic exposure: Results from an occupational cohort study.

Background: In 1976 in Manfredonia (Italy), arsenic was released into the atmosphere due to an accident in a petrochemical plant. We aimed to analyze the mortality of workers involved in the factory for the site cleaning activities.

Methods: The cohort consisted of 1467 workers grouped into contract, fertilizer, and plastic workers.

The Influence of Dietary Components on Early Signs of Atherosclerosis in Apparently Healthy Young-adult Males: An Observational Study of 615 Subjects.

Background: The literature shows that a healthy diet, rich in fruits and vegetables, has positive effects on overall cardiovascular risk, protecting against atherosclerosis.

Design: A cross sectional study in a population of apparently healthy young-adult men with the aim of investigating dietary determinants of early atherosclerosis, assessed by measuring carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) and flow-mediated dilation (FMD) of the brachial artery.

Methods: 615 males (mean age ± SD: 40.

Particulate matter and daily mortality: a case-crossover analysis of individual effect modifiers.

Background: Several time-series studies have established the relationship between particulate matter (PM10) and mortality. We adopted a case-crossover design to evaluate whether individual socio-demographic characteristics and chronic or acute medical conditions modify the PM10-mortality association.

Methods: We selected all natural deaths (321,024 subjects) occurring among adult (aged 35+ years) residents of 9 Italian cities between 1997 and 2004.