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Open AccessLong-term particulate matter exposure and mortality: a review of European epidemiological studies
Several studies considered the relation between long-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) and total mortality, as well as mortality from cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Our aim was to provide a co...
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Open AccessEstimating the probabilities of making a smoking quit attempt in Italy: stall in smoking cessation levels, 1986-2009
No data on annual smoking cessation probability (i.e., the probability of successfully quit in a given year) are available for Italy at a population level. Mathematical models typically used to estimate smokin...
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Open AccessItaly SimSmoke: the effect of tobacco control policies on smoking prevalence and smoking attributable deaths in Italy
While Italy has implemented some tobacco control policies over the last few decades, which resulted in a decreased smoking prevalence, there is still considerable scope to strengthen tobacco control policies c...
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Open AccessClinical and pathological factors influencing survival in a large cohort of triple-negative breast cancer patients
To provide further information on the clinical and pathological prognostic factors in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), for which limited and inconsistent data are available.
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Open AccessHistologic subty** affecting outcome of triple negative breast cancer: a large Sardinian population-based analysis
Triple Negative breast cancer (TNBC) includes a heterogeneous group of tumors with different clinico-pathological features, molecular alterations and treatment responsivity. Our aim was to evaluate the clinico...
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Open AccessFactors associated with a change in smoking habit during the first COVID-19 lockdown: an Italian cross-sectional study among ever-smokers
The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown period lasted from March to May 2020, resulted in a highly stressful situation yielding different negative health consequences, including the worsening of smoking habit.
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Open AccessThe statistical analysis plan for the unification of treatments and interventions for tinnitus patients randomized clinical trial (UNITI-RCT)
Tinnitus is a leading cause of disease burden globally. Several therapeutic strategies are recommended in guidelines for the reduction of tinnitus distress; however, little is known about the potentially incre...
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Open AccessImpact of the 2008 economic crisis on the burden of hepatitis B and C diseases in Southern European countries
The economic crisis that began in 2008 has severely affected Southern (Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain) Western European (SWE) countries of Western Europe (WE) and may have affected ongoing efforts to eliminate...
