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Open AccessInfluence of intercostal muscles contraction on sonographic evaluation of lung sliding: a physiological study on healthy subjects
To investigate the following: (a) effects of intercostal muscle contraction on sonographic assessment of lung sliding and (b) inter-rater and intra-observer agreement on sonographic detection of lung sliding a...
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Open AccessSudden cardiac death among workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a rare and yet unexplained condition. The most frequent cause is myocardial infarction, while a small proportion is due to arrhythmogenic syndromes (e.g., channelopathies). This s...
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Open AccessAlcohol consumption in healthcare workers and risk of workplace injury: a case-control study
Medical surveillance for alcohol abuse and dependency at work is mandatory for a list of high-risk occupations. The occupational physician is the only figure entitled to perform alcohol and laboratory tests on...
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Open AccessSex and gender differences in migraines: a narrative review
Gender medicine is a new medical approach aimed at the study of the differences between women and men in terms of prevention, diagnosis, and the outcome of all diseases. Migraines are among these. They represe...
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Open AccessNutritional status and quality of life in adults undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Although the effects of malnutrition on morbidity and mortality in adult patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation are clear, the relationship with quality of life (QOL) is less cl...
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Open AccessA new tool to evaluate burnout: the Italian version of the BAT for Italian healthcare workers
Healthcare workers (HCWs) represents one of the highest-risk population to develop burnout symptoms. Recently, a new tool has been designed to measure several dimensions that capture an exhaustive expression o...
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The Codex Alimentarius and the European Legislation on Food Additives
The aim of this Chapter is to give an overview of International principles concerning food additives with a description of the related European legislation. Basically, the matter of food additives may be discu...
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Use and Overuse of Food Additives in Edible Products: Health Consequences for Consumers
The aim of this chapter was to address the issue of uses and overuses of additives with consequent impacts on human health. Modern food additives have an important role in food production. At present, the numb...
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Food Additives and Effects on the Microbial Ecology in Yoghurts
The aim of this study was to describe the current use of selected food additives in the dairy sector, particularly with relation to the production of yoghurt products. The modern production of yoghurt is perfo...
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HVAC Management in Health Facilities
The errors in the design, installation and maintenance of an air-conditioning system within a health facility appear to have consequences that are more serious and complex than those that can be generally hypo...
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Classification and Technological Purposes of Food Additives: The European Point of View
The aim of this chapter was to describe the regulatory classification and the list of ‘technological purposes’ of food additives by the European viewpoint. At present, food additives are extremely useful. Sign...
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Open AccessWorkplace health promotion for older workers: a systematic literature review
Aging of the workforce is a growing problem. As workers age, their physical, physiological and psychosocial capabilities change. Kee** older workers healthy and productive is a key goal of European labor pol...
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Urban Public Health
Urban health, defined as “the study of the health of urban populations,” is becoming a great argument in the international research agenda since urbanization, the demographic transition from rural to urban, ha...
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Open AccessNormal values of exhaled carbon monoxide in healthy subjects: comparison between two methods of assessment
In a previous study, exhaled carbon monoxide (eCO) has been assessed in healthy non-smokers with a photo acoustic spectrometer Brüel&Kjær 1312. Unexpectedly, values were higher than those reported in literatur...
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Musculoskeletal injuries among operating room nurses: results from a multicenter survey in Rome, Italy
Chronic disorders of the musculoskeletal system, particularly low back pain (LBP), are increasing and represent a social and economic problem of growing importance, especially if correlated with working condit...
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Open AccessEffects of acute hypoventilation and hyperventilation on exhaled carbon monoxide measurement in healthy volunteers
High levels of exhaled carbon monoxide (eCO) are a marker of airway or lung inflammation. We investigated whether hypo- or hyperventilation can affect measured values.
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Environmental noise exposure and population health: a cross-sectional study in the Province of Rome
The aim of the present study is to analyse the relationship between exposure to environmental noise and population health-perceived status in a cross-sectional setting in Italy.
