Francesco Forastiere
University of Bari
430 Papers
3.1K Citations
Francesco Forastiere is an academic researcher from University of Bari. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 89, co-authored 400 publications.
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IARC monographs: 40 years of evaluating carcinogenic hazards to humans
Neil Pearce,Aaron Blair,Paolo Vineis,Wolfgang Ahrens,Aage Andersen,Josep M. Antó,Bruce K. Armstrong,Andrea A. Baccarelli,Frederick A. Beland,Amy Berrington,Pier Alberto Bertazzi,Linda S. Birnbaum,Ross C. Brownson,John R. Bucher,Kenneth P. Cantor,Elisabeth Cardis,John W. Cherrie,David C. Christiani,Pierluigi Cocco,David Coggon,Pietro Comba,Paul A. Demers,John M. Dement,Jeroen Douwes,Ellen A. Eisen,Lawrence S. Engel,Richard A. Fenske,Lora E. Fleming,Tony Fletcher,Elizabeth T. H. Fontham,Francesco Forastiere,Rainer Frentzel-Beyme,Lin Fritschi,Michel Gérin,Marcel Goldberg,Philippe Grandjean,Tom Kristian Grimsrud,Per Gustavsson,Andy Haines,Patricia Hartge,Johnni Hansen,Michael Hauptmann,Dick Heederik,Kari Hemminki,Denis Hémon,Irva Hertz-Picciotto,Jane A. Hoppin,James Huff,Bengt Järvholm,Daehee Kang,Margaret R. Karagas,Kristina Kjærheim,Helge Kjuus,Manolis Kogevinas,David Kriebel,Petter Kristensen,Hans Kromhout,Francine Laden,Pierre Lebailly,Grace K. LeMasters,Jay H. Lubin,Charles F. Lynch,Elsebeth Lynge,Andrea 't Mannetje,Anthony J. McMichael,John R. McLaughlin,Loraine D. Marrett,Marco Martuzzi,James A. Merchant,Enzo Merler,Franco Merletti,Anthony B. Miller,Franklin E. Mirer,Richard R. Monson,Karl Cristian Nordby,Andrew F. Olshan,Marie-Élise Parent,Frederica P. Perera,Melissa J. Perry,Angela Cecilia Pesatori,Roberta Pirastu,Miquel Porta,Eero Pukkala,Carol Rice,David B. Richardson,Leonard Ritter,Beate Ritz,Cécile M. Ronckers,Lesley Rushton,Jennifer A. Rusiecki,Ivan Rusyn,Jonathan M. Samet,Dale P. Sandler,Silvia de Sanjosé,Eva S. Schernhammer,Adele Seniori Costantini,Noah S. Seixas,Carl M. Shy,Jack Siemiatycki,Debra T. Silverman,Lorenzo Simonato,Allan H. Smith,Martyn T. Smith,John J. Spinelli,Margaret R. Spitz,Lorann Stallones,Leslie T. Stayner,Kyle Steenland,Mark Stenzel,Bernard W. Stewart,Patricia A. Stewart,Elaine Symanski,Benedetto Terracini,Paige E. Tolbert,Harri Vainio,John E. Vena,Roel Vermeulen,Cesar G. Victora,Elizabeth Ward,Clarice R. Weinberg,Dennis D. Weisenburger,Catharina Wesseling,Elisabete Weiderpass,Shelia Hoar Zahm +123 more
TL;DR: Criticism of the IARC classification process are unconvincing, the procedures employed by IARC to assemble Working Groups of scientists from the various disciplines and the techniques followed to review the literature and perform hazard assessment of various agents provide a balanced evaluation and an appropriate indication of the weight of the evidence.
Short-term exposure to air pollution might exacerbate autoimmune diseases
Annunziata Faustini,Matteo Renzi,Ursula Kirchmayer,Maria Balducci,Marina Davoli,Francesco Forastiere +5 more
- 01 Sep 2018
TL;DR: PM2.5 and NO2 might exacerbate autoimmune diseases, as detected with treatment changes especially in younger patients, and no associations were observed for hospitalizations for all studied diseases, whereas changes toward lower corticosteroids’ dose in multiple sclerosis and less effective corticosterone forms in psoriasis were observed.
Epidemiologic Studies on Lung Cancer and Residential Exposure to Radon in Italy and Other Countries
TL;DR: The main results of the studies already published are summarised, and the principal characteristics of the Italian study are outlined in this article, where a pooled analysis is performed in order to improve statistical power.
Susceptibility factors to ozone-related mortality: a population-based case-crossover analysis.
Massimo Stafoggia,Francesco Forastiere,Annunziata Faustini,Annibale Biggeri,Luigi Bisanti,Ennio Cadum,Achille Cernigliaro,Sandra Mallone,Paolo Pandolfi,Maria Serinelli,Roberta Tessari,Maria Angela Vigotti,Carlo A. Perucci +12 more
TL;DR: A greater vulnerability of elderly people and women was indicated; subjects who died at home and had diabetes emerged as especially affected.
Coronary artery bypass graft surgery: socioeconomic inequalities in access and in 30 day mortality. A population-based study in Rome, Italy
Carla Ancona,Nera Agabiti,Francesco Forastiere,Massimo Arcà,Danilo Fusco,S Ferro,Carlo A. Perucci +6 more
TL;DR: The universal coverage of the National Health Service in Italy does not guarantee equitable access to CABG surgery for IHD patients and factors related to SES are likely to influence poor prognosis after CABg surgery.