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Epidemiology of carcinoid tumours in central Italy

European Journal of Epidemiology, 1997
Between 1985 and 1991, 83 carcinoid tumours were diagnosed in the province of Florence where the Tuscany Tumour Registry is active. There were 44 males and 39 females. The age-adjusted incidence was 0.65 cases/100,000 population/year. The most common location was the lung (30.1%), followed by colorectum (25.2%) and small intestine (22.8%).
E, Crocetti, E, Buiatti, A, Amorosi
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Report on an outbreak of trichinellosis in Central Italy

European Journal of Epidemiology, 1992
At the end of 1988 an outbreak of trichinellosis involving 48 persons occurred in a small town in Central Italy, near the Appennine mountains. The epidemic was caused by the ingestion of sausages recently made with wild boar meat. The people affected were mostly relatives and friends of hunters.
R F, Frongillo, B, Baldelli, E, Pozio, G, Crapa, C, Di Giuli, M, Santirocchi, F, Di Leonardo   +6 more
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The prevalence of multiple sclerosis in central Italy

Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 2010
Background: The prevalence of multiple sclerosis varies considerably throughout the world. Objective: To better define the prevalence of MS in central Italy. Methods: This is a population-based study conducted in the province of Frosinone, which is situated in the Lazio region, central Italy.
Millefiorini, Enrico, Cortese, A, Di Rezze , D, Barletta, G, Bellantonio, P, Batocchi, Anna Paola, Di Battista, G, Fiore, S, Gasperini, Claudio, Grasso, Maria Grazia, Koudriatseva, Tatiana, Totaro, R, Durastante, Valentina   +12 more
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The dialects of central Italy

2016
Abstract After a brief outline of the principal episodes in the external history, the chapter surveys the principal aspects of phonology, morphology and syntax of the dialects of central Italy. Topics dealt with include: area mediana stricto sensu and the area perimediana; tonic and unstressed vowel systems; consonants; morphology of ...
Loporcaro, Michele, Paciaroni, Tania
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Earthquake effects on tourism in central Italy

Annals of Tourism Research, 2001
Abstract This paper proposes an approach to economic assessment of the impact on tourist flows of the earthquake that hit the Umbria region in Central Italy on September 26, 1997. Local arrivals in Assisi fell drastically the month following the main shock, compared to the same month of the previous year.
Mazzocchi M., Montini A.
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Phytotherapy in the Valnerina Marche (Central Italy)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 1985
The phytotherapeutic uses of 90 medicinal plants still used locally in the Valnerina valley, Marche, Central Italy, are listed. Some of the species used are very common in the region, while others are cultivated, but all are easily available. Several uses of these plants are remarkable and unknown in other Italian regions.
M L, Leporatti, A, Pavesi, E, Posocco
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Italy: the Centrality of Opera

1990
When the young Napoleon Bonaparte led a French army into Italy in 1796 it marked the end of an unusual half-century of peace for a much-invaded country. It also launched a series of revolutions, imposed by the French with the help of a minority of intellectuals rather than generated from within.
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Macrobenthos in Montedoglio Reservior, central Italy

Hydrobiologia, 1996
An investigation was carried out on the macrobenthos of Montedoglio Reservoir, an artificial lake in central Italy. Seven qualitative and quantitative samplings, performed by drag netting and airlifting at 5 stations, revealed a total of 48 taxa during 1992–94.
DI GIOVANNI, Maria Vittoria, GORETTI, Enzo, TAMANTI, Valeria   +2 more
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Risk Factors for Ovarian Cancer in Central Italy

Gynecologic Oncology, 2000
We conducted a case-control study to analyze risk factors for ovarian cancer.Cases included 440 women (age range 13-80 years, median 54) with a histologically confirmed diagnosis of epithelial ovarian cancer who were admitted to the Gynecological Oncological Department of Gynecologic Oncology at the Catholic University Hospital in Rome, Italy. Controls
S. Greggi, F. Parazzini, M. P. Paratore, L. Chatenoud, F. Legge, S. Mancuso, C. La Vecchia   +6 more
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Trichinella from Rats in Central Italy

The Journal of Parasitology, 1986
cit.), which reflects their binding to lipids in the worms. Despite the activity of glutathione transferase, the complete recovery of the unchanged TBZ from (14C) TBZ in in vitro uptake studies indicates that this enzyme plays no role in detoxification of TBZ.
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