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Michela Baccini
Public Health
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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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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...
