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Silvano Gallus
Public Health
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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...
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Open AccessExploring Patterns of Alcohol Consumption in Adolescence: the Role of Health Complaints and Psychosocial Determinants in an Italian Sample
Adolescents are particularly prone to engage in health-risk behaviors such as alcohol and substance use, which can significantly impact their present and future lives. Our study explores the factors contributi...
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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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Dose–risk relationships between cigarette smoking and ovarian cancer histotypes: a comprehensive meta-analysis
Although smoking has not been associated with overall ovarian cancer risk, a different impact on various histotypes has been reported. Our aim is to provide an accurate, up-to-date estimate of the dose–risk re...
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Worldwide trends in suicide mortality from 1990 to 2015 with a focus on the global recession time frame
To report worldwide trends in suicide mortality during a period that covers 7 years after the 2008 global crisis.
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Roll-your-own cigarette use in Italy: sales and consumer profile—data from PASSI surveillance, 2015–2016
The use of roll-your-own (RYO) cigarette has substantially increased in most high-income countries recently. This work aims to update Italian trends on loose tobacco sales and to describe the consumer profile ...
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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 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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Soft drinks, sweetened beverages and risk of pancreatic cancer
Soft drinks usually contain sugar and caffeine that might influence pancreatic carcinogenesis. We considered the association between carbonated drink consumption and pancreatic cancer risk in an Italian case–c...
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Alcohol and endometrial cancer risk: a case–control study and a meta-analysis
To evaluate the association between alcohol consumption and endometrial cancer risk, we analyzed data from a hospital-based case–control study, conducted in Italy between 1992 and 2006, on 454 endometrial canc...
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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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Coffee, black tea and risk of gastric cancer
To provide information about the association of coffee, black tea with gastric cancer risk.
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Aspirin and cancer risk: an updated quantitative review to 2005
Aspirin has been associated to a reduced risk of colorectal, and possibly of a few other common cancers. Epidemiological studies on aspirin and cancer risk published up to December 2005 have been reviewed, and...
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Milk, Dairy Products and Cancer Risk (Italy)
Inconclusive information is available on the potential role of milk and dairy products on the risk of cancer at several sites.
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Sun Exposure, Phenotypic Characteristics, and Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma. An Analysis According to Different Clinico-Pathological Variants and Anatomic Locations (Italy)
The aim of the study was to examine the relation between sun exposure and other selected risk factors and the development of different clinico-pathological variants of cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) at di...
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Glycemic index and load and risk of upper aero-digestive tract neoplasms (Italy)
Background: The ability of dietary carbohydrates to affect blood glucose and insulin levels by dietary carbohydrates is best measured by the glycemic index (GI) and glycemic load (GL) which have been directly as...
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Cigarette smoking and risk of cancers of the colon and rectum: A case–control study from Italy
The relationship between smoking habit and risk of colon and rectal cancers was considered in a case–control study conducted between 1991 and 1996 in six Italian centers. Cases were 1225 patients below age 75 ...
