Le piante tossiche della flora trapanese (Sicilia)

Toxic plants of Trapani district (Sicily) – The results of the research refer to an investigation on the toxic plants of Trapani district (Sicily). The plants considered poisonous, a few anciently used also in the traditional medicine, amount to 70 taxa.

STATO DI SALUTE DEGLI IMMIGRATI AFRICANI APPRODATI SULLE COSTE ITALIANE

Health status of immigrants arrived to Italian coast [Stato di salute degli immigrati approdati sulle coste italiane ]

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the factors involved in access to Emergency Department (ED) of undocumented immigrants in Lampedusa according to the country of origin. DESIGN: This is a retrospective observational study, carried out on newly arrived undocumented immigrants transferred to ED. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Data were collected from medical records of Lampedusa ED between January 2012 and May 2013 on 326 undocumented immigrants. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The outcomes evaluated are demographics characteristics and health condition of undocumented immigrants. RESULTS: In multivariate analysis associated factors to ED visits are: other pathologies rather than traumatic diseases (OR 0.22; p <0.0…