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P Piccioni

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PubMed1993

[The impact of immigration from high incidence countries on the epidemiology of tuberculosis].

Immigration in Italy from developing countries is a recent problem and the possible consequences on public health must be taken into account. The present study reports the results of Tuberculosis control activities performed by the Dispensario di Igiene Sociale of Turin, related to this population. Up to now the available data suggest that the immigrant population (mainly from North Africa and Senegal), in spite of representing a small part of residents (approximately 33,000/1,000,000) contributes to one third of Tuberculosis cases. The consequences on Tuberculosis epidemiology in Italy and our operational experience on Tuberculosis control and prevention are discussed.

Emigration and Immigration↗
PubMed1989

Cancer risk in a cohort of licensed pesticide users.

First admissions to the hospital among 25,945 men living in southern Piedmont and holding a license authorizing them to use pesticides were analyzed in a study of the cancer risk related to exposure to pesticides. Standardized incidence ratios significantly higher than one were encountered for malignant skin cancers and lymphomas. The risk of lymphoma was particularly high in predominantly arable areas. The standardized incidence ratios for tumors of the nervous system and hematopoietic tissue showed an interesting age-related pattern and a higher risk in areas primarily devoted to forest tree plantation, but did not reach significance. Certain hypotheses are advanced to explain these findings.

Aged↗
PubMed1985

[Hepatitis A and B virus infections in refuse workers in Asti].

The authors have examined Hepatitis A and B virus infection risk in 93 dustmen and sewer workers. It has non been found a risk correlated with employment, though for some of them, with peculiar functions, the HBV and/or HAV serological markers prevalence rates were higher than in the remaining of the studied population.

Adult↗
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Using reference values in pulmonary ventilation studies.

The aim of this study was to examine the discriminating power of six widely used, or recently introduced, reference values in the interpretation of pulmonary ventilation (FVC and FEV1) in occupational health surveys. These six reference values were applied to a sample of 400 Italian males; 200 of the sample were foundry workers and the other 200 were workers who were not occupationally exposed to dusts; 50% of each group were smokers. The relationship between the reference values and their capacity to discriminate between the workers occupationally exposed to dusts and the workers who smoked in each group was evaluated. The results showed very significant differences among the various reference values. Generally speaking these differences may be determined by the different selection criteria of the subjects under study, or may be a result of the different characteristics of the population included in the various studies. Our conclusions show the need for a critical approach to the use of reference values, particularly during screening tests.

Adult↗