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The research presented in this paper is aimed at testing an innovative surveying protocol based the integration of quick methodologies employed for the characterization of a carbonate cliff affected by a rockf...
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Open AccessSeasonal variation in the month of birth in patients with skin cancer
Month of birth influences the risk of develo** several diseases. We investigated the influence of date of birth on melanoma skin cancer (MSC) and non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) incidence.
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Long term survival of upper aerodigestive tract cancer in male patients in the Umbria region (Italy)
The aim of this work was to make a study of the whole population of a central Italian region, the Umbria region – cancer survival rates for the upper aerodigestive tract, which includes cancers of the head and...
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Stroke care in the next decades: A projection derived from a community-based study in Umbria, Italy
Recently published data show that stroke incidence is no longer declining, while case fatality rates has had a less pronunced fall in recent years than in the past. Projections of the increasing number of elde...
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Parallelism in the mortality clustering of the most frequent cancer sites in Italy and in the Marche region
Clusters of selected cancer sites mortality, regarding Italy and the Marche region, were compared. Very similar associations were found both in males and in females, in particular between the alcohol-tobacco-r...
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Tobacco smoking, coffee, cocoa and tea consumption in relation to mortality from urinary bladder cancer in Italy
This paper examines changes in mortality from urinary bladder cancer in Italy during the years 1950-81 in relation to changes in smoking habits and in coffee, cocoa and tea consumption. The authors found that,...
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Esophageal cancer mortality: Relationship with alcohol intake and cigarette smoking in Italy
This paper examines changes with time in age-adjusted mortality from esophageal cancer for the years 1950–1981, in relation to changes in smoking habits and alcohol consumption. In both sexes the age-adjusted ...
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Mortality from prostate cancer in Italy: 1950–1979. Cross-sectional rates and cohort analysis
This paper studies prostate cancer mortality in Italy from 1950–1979 to evaluate its importance in relation to total cancers, examine the time trend for forecasting future mortality trends, and makes an attemp...
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Electrochemical production of heterogeneous nickel catalysts for organic hydrogenations
The electrochemical deposition of nickel on copper, tin, aluminium or nickel in N,N-dimethylformamide is described. The cathodic surface becomes catalytically active towards the addition of molecular hydrogen ...
