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Health effects among a cohort exposed to low-level arsenic in a geothermal area of Tuscany, Italy

Overview of attention for article published in International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, July 2018
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Health effects among a cohort exposed to low-level arsenic in a geothermal area of Tuscany, Italy
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International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, July 2018
DOI 10.1007/s00420-018-1340-5
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Francesco Profili, Daniela Nuvolone, Fabio Barbone, Cristina Aprea, Letizia Centi, Riccardo Frazzetta, Stefano Belli, Fabio Voller

Abstract

Studies on low-level As exposure have not found an association with cancer, while increased risks were reported for skin lesions, respiratory and cardiovascular diseases and reproductive outcomes. Prospective observational studies with individual exposure measures are needed to study low-level As exposure effects. In a geothermal area in Southern Tuscany (Italy), characterized by a natural presence of As in drinking water (< 50 µg/l), As urinary concentrations were measured in a survey in 1998 and cohort members were followed to evaluate the effects on health. Around 900 subjects (20-55 years old) randomly sampled in 4 municipalities of the area (Monte Amiata), have been followed from 1999 to 2015, by hospitalisation and mortality registries. Standardized Hospitalisation Ratios (SHRs) were performed, compared to a reference area. Competing-risks regression models were performed to test the association between As urinary concentration and risk of first hospitalisation. SHRs show various increased risks, more frequently among males. Internal analyses show a positive association between As and skin diseases in the general population, the Hazard Ratio (HR) for 1 µg/l increase of As urinary concentration is 1.06 (90%CI 1.01-1.11) and in males, HR 1.08 (90%CI 1.02-1.14), between As and circulatory system diseases in males, HR 1.03 (90%CI 1.01-1.05). The results suggest an effect on skin diseases and circulatory system diseases and, considering the relative young age of cohort members, they could be considered also as predictive of future severer diseases.

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Unknown 28 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 4 14%
Student > Bachelor 3 11%
Student > Postgraduate 2 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 7%
Lecturer 1 4%
Other 4 14%
Unknown 12 43%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 8 29%
Environmental Science 3 11%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 4%
Unspecified 1 4%
Energy 1 4%
Other 1 4%
Unknown 13 46%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 July 2018.
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#6,399,392
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Outputs from International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
#716
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#107,090
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Outputs of similar age from International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
#8
of 19 outputs
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