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Open AccessA compartmental model for smoking dynamics in Italy: a pipeline for inference, validation, and forecasting under hypothetical scenarios
We propose a compartmental model for investigating smoking dynamics in an Italian region (Tuscany). Calibrating the model on local data from 1993 to 2019, we estimate the probabilities of starting and quitting...
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Open AccessCylindrical TGR as early radiological predictor of RLT progression in GEPNETs: a proof of concept
This study aims to assess the predictive capability of cylindrical Tumor Growth Rate (cTGR) in the prediction of early progression of well-differentiated gastro-entero-pancreatic tumours after Radio Ligand The...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Application of FLIC model to predict adverse events onset in neuroendocrine tumors treated with PRRT
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Approximate Bayesian Inference for Smoking Habit Dynamics in Tuscany
Smoking is a major risk factor for lung cancer, as well as for many other chronic diseases, and understanding smoking habits is essential to evaluate and compare tobacco control policies. We developed a compar...
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Open AccessApplication of FLIC model to predict adverse events onset in neuroendocrine tumors treated with PRRT
To develop predictive models of side effect occurrence in GEPNET treated with PRRT. Metastatic GEPNETs patients treated in our centre with PRRT (177Lu-Oxodotreotide) from 2019 to 2020 were considered. Haematol...
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Open AccessMissing not at random in end of life care studies: multiple imputation and sensitivity analysis on data from the ACTION study
Missing data are common in end-of-life care studies, but there is still relatively little exploration of which is the best method to deal with them, and, in particular, if the missing at random (MAR) assumptio...
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Open AccessAssessing short-term impact of PM10 on mortality using a semiparametric generalized propensity score approach
The shape of the exposure-response curve describing the effects of air pollution on population health has crucial regulatory implications, and it is important in assessing causal impacts of hypothetical polici...
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Open AccessComparison of two statistical indicators in communicating epidemiological results to the population: a randomized study in a high environmental risk area of Italy
When communicating risks to the general population, the format of the epidemiological results may affect individual reactions. In environmental epidemiology, no study has compared the use of different statisti...
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Open AccessEstimating deaths attributable to airborne particles: sensitivity of the results to different exposure assessment approaches
Epidemiological evidences support the existence of an effect of airborne particulate on population health. However, few studies evaluated the robustness of the results to different exposure assessment approach...
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Open AccessAssessing the short term impact of air pollution on mortality: a matching approach
The opportunity to assess short term impact of air pollution relies on the causal interpretation of the exposure-response association. However, up to now few studies explicitly faced this issue within a causal...
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Open AccessProjected heat-related mortality under climate change in the metropolitan area of Skopje
Excessive summer heat is a serious environmental health problem in Skopje, the capital and largest city of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. This paper attempts to forecast the impact of heat on morta...
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Multiple imputation in the anthrax vaccine research program
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Open AccessThe NuGO proof of principle study package: a collaborative research effort of the European Nutrigenomics Organisation
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Open AccessAssessment and prevention of acute health effects of weather conditions in Europe, the PHEWE project: background, objectives, design
The project "Assessment and prevention of acute health effects of weather conditions in Europe" (PHEWE) had the aim of assessing the association between weather conditions and acute health effects, during both...
