Abstract A causal link between outdoor air pollution from motorized traffic and childhood leukemia has been proposed, but some older studies suffer from methodological drawbacks and no analyses have examined the dose-response relation. In this review, we investigated the extent
Poster: Proximity to petrol station and risk of childhood leukemia: systematic review and meta-analysis
Abstract Motorized traffic exposure and particularly benzene have been associated to childhood leukemia. In particular, living next to a petrol station or repair garage may increase the opportunity for benzene exposure. In this review, we investigated the extent to which
Oral communication: Prevalenza ed impatto sociale delle demenze ad esordio precoce (Early onset dementia-EOD) nella provincia di Modena
Chiari A, Galli C, Tondelli M, Vinceti G, Fiondella L, Molinari M, Costa M, Garuti C, Adani G, Filippini T, Zamboni G Presentation at the XIII Congress “Il contributo dei centri per i Disturbi Cognitivi e le demenze nella gestione
Original article: Exposure to a high selenium environment in Punjab, India: biomarkers and health conditions
Chawla R, Filippini T, Loomba R, Cilloni S, Dhillon KS, Vinceti M Sci Total Environ. 2019 Nov 3:134541 – DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134541 Abstract Seleniferous areas have been identified and described in many parts of the world. Despite the interest in selenium as
Poster: Exposure to inorganic selenium in drinking water and incidence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a long-term follow-up of a natural experiment
Background: Some studies have reported an association between overexposure to selenium and risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a rare degenerative disease of motor neurons. From 1986 through 2015, we followed a cohort in Northern Italy that had been inadvertently
Poster: Dietary intake of acrylamide and risk of breast, endometrial and ovarian cancers: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis
Background: Acrylamide is probable human carcinogen that occurs naturally in starchy foods during cooking processes at high temperatures. Aside from occupational exposures and smoking, main source of human exposure is diet, particularly consumption of potatoes, grain products, and coffee. High
Oral communication: Dietary cadmium intake and risk of cutaneous melanoma: a population-based case-control study in Northern Italy
Filippini T, Malagoli C, Malavolti M, Vinceti M Oral communication at the 52° National SItI Congress. 16-19 October, Perugia BACKGROUND AND AIM. Cadmium is a toxic heavy metal for humans, and its environmental exposure has been linked to many adverse
Oral communication: Alimentazione, ambiente e malattie cronico-degenerative: nuove metodologie di valutazione del rischio
Vinceti M, Filippini T, Malavolti M Oral communication at the 52° National SItI Congress. 16-19 October, Perugia Introduzione La valutazione del rischio sanitario associato a fattori di interesse nutrizionale e/o tossicologico (risk assessment) rappresenta un ambito di grande interesse per
Oral communication: Selenium and other trace elements in the etiology of parkinson’s disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of case-control studies
Adani G, Filippini T, Vinceti M Oral communication at the 52° National SItI Congress. 16-19 October, Perugia INTRODUCTION Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative illness recognised as the most common neurological disorder after Alzheimer’s dementia. Whereas the exact PD etiology
Poster: Insights into the association of potassium intake with blood pressure: results of a dose-response meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Poster presentation at the 13th European Nutrition Conference, Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS), Dublin, 15-18 October 2019 Introduction: Observational studies provide evidence for an association between potassium intake and BP levels. However, uncertainties still exist about the size and