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The "Italian Atlas of mortality inequalities by educational level", carried out by the National Institute for the promotion of the health of migrant populations and the fight against poverty diseases in collaboration with Istat has been published.
"Cancer numbers in Italy" was presented in Turin. The publication is the result of the consolidated collaboration between the Italian Association of Medical Oncology and the Italian Association of Cancer Registries, in addition to the AIOM Foundation and PASSI in this eighth edition of the volume.
Presentation of the book by Giorgio Cosmacini "Doctors and medicine during fascism" on April 15 in Turin. They discuss it with the author Benedetto Terracini and Giuseppe Bonfratello.
The first issue of the OMEGA-NET newsletter is online. OMEGA-NET is the European COST action aimed at the coordination and harmonization of employment and population cohorts.
The VIII edition of the volume "The numbers of cancer in Italy" presented in Rome is the result of the consolidated collaboration between AIOM and AIRTum, to which the AIOM and PASSI Foundation will be added this year.
The Activity Report of the CPO Piemonte has been published. The document, which is drawn up as usual on an annual basis, is now available online in a widely renewed version.
Within the Regional Prevention Plan 2014-2018 a guide has been produced that illustrates the projects and tells the experiences of the Municipalities participating in the Toronto Charter.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer has launched the electronic version of Cancer Incidence Volume XI in Five Continents, the publication belonging to the series of monographs becoming the reference source on the international impact of cancer (...)
The European Environment Agency's 2017 report on air quality confirms that thin particles continue to be the cause of premature deaths of more than 400,000 citizens every year (...)
Now in its seventh annual edition, the report published by the Italian Association of Medical Oncology and the Italian Cancer Registries provides epidemiological data and clinical interpretations of interest both for operators and for users of Health (...)
The International Agency for Research on Cancer publication dedicated to biobanks in use in the field of oncology research whose recommendations are addressed not only to the most developed countries, but also to the low and middle income countries, is online (...)
Almost half of all deaths globally are now recorded with a cause, new data from World Health Organization show, highlighting improvements made on collecting data and statistics (...)
The weight of the economic crisis and the new scenarios introduced by globalization will waver many certainties, including the sustainability of welfare and, in particular, of the National Health Service. The latest Osservasalute report provides a careful and accurate analysis of the situation in Italy (...)
The new Report on Secondary Prevention in Italy is available on the National Screening Observatory website, updated in 2016. The document is presented in a completely renewed form that allows faster updates and easier consultations (...)
The book "40 Years of Health in Turin. Ideas for reading needs and the results of policies", by Giuseppe Costa, Morena Stroscia, Nicolás Zengarini and Moreno Demaria, has just been published. The book can be downloaded for free from the Epidemiology & Prevention website (...)
The "European Guide on Quality Improvement for Comprehensive Cancer Control", just published by CanCon, joint European action on cancer, aims to provide recommendations on how to increase tumor control actions in the Old Continent (...)
The new report of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, realized in collaboration with the CPO Piemonte, dedicated to screening programs in the European Union for the prevention of breast, cervical and colorectal cancer, has just been published (...)
The IARC Monographs volume on Some Organophosphate Insecticides and Herbicides is now available online. The volume includes monographs on diazinon, glyphosate, malathion, parathion and tetrachlorvinphos (...)
Now in its sixth annual edition, the report published by the Italian Association of Medical Oncology and the Italian Cancer Registries provides epidemiological measures and clinical interpretations of interest both for operators and for users of Health (...)