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Alessandra Ranucci

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SETIL: Italian multicentric epidemiological case–control study on risk factors for childhood leukaemia, non hodgkin lymphoma and neuroblastoma: study…

2014

Background Aetiology of childhood leukaemia and childhood neoplasm is poorly understood. Information on the prevalence of risk factors in the childhood population is limited. SETIL is a population based case–control study on childhood leukaemia, conducted with two companion studies on non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) and neuroblastoma. The study relies on questionnaire interviews and 50 Hz magnetic field (ELF-MF) indoor measurements. This paper discusses the SETIL study design and includes descriptive information. Methods The study was carried out in 14 Italian regions (78.3% of Italian population aged 0–10). It included leukaemia, NHL and neuroblastoma cases incident in 0–10 year olds in 1998–20…

MalePediatricsPassive smokingLymphomaEpidemiologyNon hogdkin lymphomamedicine.disease_causeSettore MED/42 - Igiene Generale E ApplicataNeuroblastomaEconomicahemic and lymphatic diseasesEpidemiologyPrevalencerisk factorsLeukaemiaChildeducation.field_of_studyIncidence (epidemiology)IncidenceLymphoma Non-Hodgkinnon hodgkin lymphoma and neuroblastomaEnvironmental exposureItalyChild PreschoolPopulation studyFemaleHumanmedicine.medical_specialtyPopulationNon-HodgkinSocio-culturalestudy populationRisk Assessmentchildhood leukaemiamedicineHumanseducationPreschoolPregnancybusiness.industryResearchrisk factors; childhood leukaemia; non hodgkin lymphoma and neuroblastoma; study populationCase-control studyInfant NewbornAmbientaleInfantEnvironmental Exposuremedicine.diseaseNewbornbusiness
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Road Traffic Pollution and Childhood Leukemia: A Nationwide Case-control Study in Italy

2016

Background The association of childhood leukemia with traffic pollution was considered in a number of studies from 1989 onwards, with results not entirely consistent and little information regarding subtypes. Aim of the study We used the data of the Italian SETIL case-control on childhood leukemia to explore the risk by leukemia subtypes associated to exposure to vehicular traffic. Methods We included in the analyses 648 cases of childhood leukemia (565 Acute lymphoblastic–ALL and 80 Acute non lymphoblastic-AnLL) and 980 controls. Information on traffic exposure was collected from questionnaire interviews and from the geocoding of house addresses, for all periods of life of the children. Re…

MyeloidMaleFuture studies010501 environmental sciencesSettore MED/42 - Igiene Generale E Applicata01 natural sciences0302 clinical medicineEconomicahemic and lymphatic diseasesMedicine030212 general & internal medicineChildRoad trafficacute non lymphoblastic leukemia; childhood; environment; leukemia; road traffic; air pollution; case-control studies; child; child preschool; female; humans; infant; Italy; leukemia myeloid acute; male; precursor cell lymphoblastic leukemia-lymphoma; risk; motor vehicles; medicine (all)LeukemiaTraffic pollutionMedicine (all)General MedicinePrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaLeukemiaMotor VehiclesLeukemia Myeloid AcuteItalyAcute non Lymphoblastic LeukemiaSettore MED/38 - PEDIATRIA GENERALE E SPECIALISTICARoad TrafficChild PreschoolFemaleMedical emergencyCase-Control StudieHumanRiskChildhood leukemiaSocio-culturaleAcuteEnvironmentPrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia Lymphoma03 medical and health sciencesEnvironmental healthAir PollutionHumansPreschool0105 earth and related environmental sciencesbusiness.industryCase-control studyType specificAmbientaleInfantmedicine.diseaseChildhoodCase-Control StudiesMotor Vehiclebusiness
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Tobacco smoke and risk of childhood acute non-lymphocytic leukemia: findings from the SETIL study.

2014

Background Parental smoking and exposure of the mother or the child to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) as risk factors for Acute non-Lymphocytic Leukemia (AnLL) were investigated. Methods Incident cases of childhood AnLL were enrolled in 14 Italian Regions during 1998–2001. We estimated odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) conducting logistic regression models including 82 cases of AnLL and 1,044 controls. Inverse probability weighting was applied adjusting for: age; sex; provenience; birth order; birth weight; breastfeeding; parental educational level age, birth year, and occupational exposure to benzene. Results Paternal smoke in the conception period was associated wit…

MaleLifestyle Causes of CancerPediatricslcsh:MedicineSettore MED/42 - Igiene Generale E ApplicataTobacco smokeEconomicaPregnancySurveys and Questionnaireshemic and lymphatic diseasesOdds RatioMedicine and Health SciencesPublic Health SurveillanceChildlcsh:ScienceMultidisciplinaryparental smokingCancer Risk Factorschildhood leukemiaSmokingBirth orderLeukemia Myeloid AcuteOncologyMaternal ExposureChild PreschoolPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsFemaleAETIOLOGYResearch Articlemedicine.medical_specialtyBirth weightSocio-culturalemedicineHumansTobacco smoke childhoodPregnancybusiness.industrylcsh:RCase-control studyPregnancy and CancerAmbientaleOdds ratiomedicine.diseaseConfidence intervalPediatric OncologyCase-Control StudiesTobacco Smoke Pollutionlcsh:QbusinessBreast feedingDemographyPLoS ONE
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Exposure to benzene and childhood leukaemia: a pilot case-control study

2013

Objectives Main purpose To evaluate the feasibility of a measurement-based assessment of benzene exposure in case-control studies of paediatric cancer; Additional aims To identify the sources of exposure variability; to assess the performance of two benzene biomarkers; to verify the occurrence of participation bias; to check whether exposures to benzene and to 50 Hz magnetic fields were correlated, and might exert reciprocal confounding effects. Design Pilot case-control study of childhood leukaemia and exposure to benzene assessed by repeated seasonal weekly measurements in breathing zone air samples and outside the children9s dwellings, with concurrent determinations of cotinine, t-t-muco…

Participation biasEpidemiologybusiness.industryResearchConfoundingCase-control studyGeneral MedicineUrineSettore MED/42 - Igiene Generale E Applicata1692Childhood leukaemiabenzene chilhood leukaemiaToxicologychemistry.chemical_compoundchemistryEnvironmental health1724MedicineArea of residence15061717BenzenebusinessCotinine1719BMJ Open
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