Italian multicentricepidemiological case control strudy on risk factors for childhood leukemia,non hodgkin limphoma and neuroblastoma:study population and prevalence of risk factors in Italy

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…

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Setil:Italian multicentric epidemiological study on risk factors for childhood leukemia, non Hodgkin lymphoma and neuroblastoma

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The paradigm of sustainability, as outlined by the World Commission on Environment and Development, and published in the famous Brundtland report of 1987, is today naturally associated with the diverse subjects studied in Geography. It is imperative to apply this concept in order to have successful policies on a local and regional scale.