BODY MASS INDEX (BMI), SOVRAPPESO ED OBESITA' IN UN CAMPIONE RAPPRESENTATIVO DELLA POPOLAZIONE RESIDENTE IN UNA CITTADINA DELLA SICILIA OCCIDENTALE

CARATTERISTICHE EPIDEMIOLOGICHE DELLA VITA RIPRODUTTIVA E DEPRIVAZIONE SOCIO-ECONOMICA IN UN CAMPIONE DELLA POPOLAZIONE FEMMINILE ADULTA RESIDENTE IN UNA CITTADINA SICILIANA

ESPOSIZIONE A RESIDUI DI FITOFARMACI IN POPOLAZIONE GENERALE RESIDENTE IN UN COMUNE SICILIANO: DATI PRELIMINARI

Detection of bacteria and yeast species by the BACTEC 9120 automated system with the routine use of aerobic, anaerobic, and fungal media

ABSTRACT During the period 2006 and 2007, all blood cultures required by four units at high infective risk and most of those required by other units of the University Hospital of Palermo, Palermo, Italy were performed using a Bactec 9120 automated blood culture system with a complete set of Plus Aerobic/F, Plus Anaerobic/F, and Mycosis IC/F bottles. The aim of the study was to enable the authors to gain firsthand experience of the culture potentialities of the three different media, to obtain information regarding the overall and specific recovery of bacteria and yeasts from blood cultures in the hospital, and to reach a decision as to whether and when to utilize anaerobic and fungal bottle…

Livelli biologici di inquinanti organici persistenti in un campione di popolazione generale di Calatafimi-Segesta (TP): risultati preliminari dello studio EPHICS

Il ruolo delle infezioni da Chlamydia nel determinismo delle malattie cronico-degenerative: una nuova sfida per i sistemi sanitari

Le infezioni da Chlamydia stanno riscuotendo una rinnovata attenzione da quando è stato postulato che proteine rilasciate da questi batteri intracellulari possono generare fenomeni di autoimmunità e l’insorgenza di diverse malattie, come l’Alzheimer, l’aterosclerosi, l’arterite reumatoide, la sclerosi multipla e numerose altre ancora. Questo breve articolo ha lo scopo di stressare il problema che, negli Stati Uniti, rappresenta già una emergenza sanitaria

POSSIBILI FONTI DI ESPOSIZIONE A FITOFARMACI IN UN CAMPIONE RAPPRESENTATIVO DI POPOLAZIONE NELLA SICILIA OCCIDENTALE

Residui di prodotti fitosanitari in campioni biologici umani ed impatto sulla salute.

Body mass index and factors associated with overweight and obesity: a crosssectional study of adult subjects living in a small city of Western Sicily (Italy)

Background: although the epidemiological features of overweight and obesity have been well described, especially for very populous urban areas, less evidences are available for small urban areas. The aim of the present work was to assess BMI and factors associated with overweight and obesity in a representative sample of general population of a small city of Western Sicily (Italy). Methods: four hundred and eleven randomly selected adult subjects from general population living in a small Sicilian city with 7 144 inhabitants were interviewed by a standardized questionnaire investigating life-styles, eating habits, anthropometric measurements (weight, height and BMI) and socio-economic depriv…

STILI DI VITA ED INDICI DI DEPRIVAZIONE IN UN CAMPIONE RAPPRESENTATIVO DELLA POPOLAZIONE RESIDENTE IN UNA CITTADINA DELLA SICILIA OCCIDENTALE

Warming-related shifts in the distribution of two competing coastal wrasses

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Body mass index and factors associated with overweight and obesity: a crosssectional in a small city of Western Sicily (Italy)

<p><strong>Background</strong>: although the epidemiological features of overweight and obesity have been well described, especially for very populous urban areas, less evidences are available for small urban areas. The aim of the present work was to assess BMI and factors associated with overweight and obesity in a representative sample of general population of a small city of Western Sicily (Italy).</p><p><strong>Methods</strong>: four hundred and eleven randomly selected adult subjects from general population living in a small Sicilian city with 7 144 inhabitants were interviewed by a standardized questionnaire investigating life-styles, eating h…

Vertical distribution of two sympatric labrid fishes in the Western Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic rocky subtidal: local shore topography does matter

Changes in the shore topography (e.g. slope) occur at a scale of hundreds of meters in several locations in the Lusitanian and the Mediterranean Sea provinces. We tested whether differences in the bottom inclination might affect the vertical distribution patterns of two sympatric coastal labrid fishes, the rainbow wrasse Coris julis and the ornate wrasse Thalassoma pavo. Visual censuses were used to determine the distribution and abundance of these labrid species in high (‡30� ) and low (£3� ) slope rocky substrates covered by brown macroalgae and at two different depths (shallow, 4‐7 m, and deep 14‐20 m). Pectoral fin aspect ratio was used as an estimate of swimming performance to potentia…