Occupational diseases in Italian national priority contaminated sites

Marinaccio, Alessandro; Binazzi, Alessandra; Bonafede, Michela; Altimari, Antonella; Boscioni, Roberto; Corfiati, Marisa; Clemente, M; Brusco, Adelina

doi:10.1002/ajim.22866

Cited by 3 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 15 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…NPCSs are areas institutionally recognized as National Priority Contaminated Sites due to scientifically documented substantial contamination, which could potentially impact the health of residents [33]. NPCSs have been the subject of several studies, spacing from environmental to medical sciences [34][35][36]. From an epidemiological point of view, Italian NPCSs have been monitored by the Italian Epidemiology Association [37], which is conducting a project aimed at identifying and quantifying negative contamination impacts on residents' health.…”

Section: Crisis Areasmentioning

confidence: 99%

Well-Being and Sustainability in Crisis Areas: The Case of Taranto

et al. 2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Unresilient and fragile regions need methods and data able to make policy-makers acknowledge the specific criticalities by which they are affected, so as to build effective development strategies and policies. This research explores whether and to what extent well-being and sustainability measurement frameworks are able to recognize crisis areas. We identified Taranto (Italy), declared as both a National Priority Contaminated Site and a Complex Industrial Crisis area, as a paradigmatic and extreme case of crisis areas and adopted the single case approach to address our research question. After reviewing several frameworks able to measure well-being at local level, we focused on Benessere Equo e Sostenibile dei Territori (Equitable and Sustainable Territorial Well-being, BESdT). We used two aggregate indexes to analyze data, namely the Adjusted Mazziotta-Pareto Index and the Adjusted Differences Mean Index. The study shows that, although BESdT does detect some criticalities of the examined area, it seems not able to adequately frame the multifaceted crisis that affects the area of Taranto. Even in presence of a full-blown crisis, the problematic situation does not always reflect into lower territorial performance, neither at the level of single indicators nor at the level of entire domains. Such discrepancy appears to be particularly evident within the economic domain. The paper ends with a discussion on the research and policy implications and some proposals for further research.

show abstract

Section: Crisis Areasmentioning

confidence: 99%

Well-Being and Sustainability in Crisis Areas: The Case of Taranto

et al. 2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The comparison between our validation effort and the data of the regional Mesothelioma Registry, however, is subject to uncertainty because of the diagnostic criteria used in the Italian mesothelioma registration system [4]. This system includes, in addition to three subcategories of 'confirmed' cases with defined immunohistochemical, imaging or pathological criteria, a fourth option for cases 'confirmed, not elsewhere specified', whose diagnostic criteria are unclear.…”

Section: Reply To Letters To the Editor By Brentisci Et Al And Consonni And Mensimentioning

confidence: 99%

Reply to letters to the editor by Brentisci et al. and Consonni and Mensi

et al. 2019

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Predictive validity of an indicator of exposure to unfavorable ergonomic working conditions on work-related musculoskeletal disorders

et al. 2022

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Researchers have long documented a significant association between exposure to unfavorable working conditions and poorer occupational health and safety. However, measures of occupational exposures are often lacking from national and international surveys. Drawing on research on job-exposures matrices (JEMs) and exploiting the Italian O*NET, we construct a new indicator of exposure to ergonomic unfavorable conditions at work (Ergo-Index) and we test its predictive power on the incidence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Exploiting 5-years of administrative archives of the Italian National Workers Compensation Institute and running a set of negative binomial regression models, we find a very strong association between the Ergo-Index and the incidence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSD). Compared to the least exposed category (Ergo-Index < p25), the risk of WRMSD was 60–70 times higher in the highest exposure group (Ergo-Index > p75) for notified WRMSD, and almost 250 times higher for compensated WRMSD. Hence, the Ergo-Index strongly predicts the occurrence of occupational musculoskeletal disorders and could be used to assign work exposures in studies where occupation is available and for priority setting of ergonomic hazards control.

show abstract

Occupational diseases in Italian national priority contaminated sites

Abstract: The findings suggest a role of occupational diseases in the health profile of NPCSs, reinforcing the need for a permanent surveillance system.

Cited by 3 publications

References 15 publications

Well-Being and Sustainability in Crisis Areas: The Case of Taranto

Well-Being and Sustainability in Crisis Areas: The Case of Taranto

Reply to letters to the editor by Brentisci et al. and Consonni and Mensi

Predictive validity of an indicator of exposure to unfavorable ergonomic working conditions on work-related musculoskeletal disorders

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About