Volume 12, Issue 1 (2015)

Table of Contents

Editorials

Alcohol and cancer risk, with focus on moderate drinkers PDF
Carlo La Vecchia, Claudio Pelucchi

Original Articles

Robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy: a costs and break-even point analysis for decision-making in a university hospital and a regional healthcare system in Northern Italy PDF
Elisa Fabbro, Simone Crivellaro, Chiara Francesca Dalle Fratte, Luigi Vetrugno, Gianluigi Adani, Barbara Saule, Daniela Drigo, Giulia Zumerle, Carlo Favaretti, Giovanni Maria Guarrera
Effects of some socio-economic, demographic and life style factors on the prevalence of thinness among pre-school children PDF
Pushpa Lata Tigga, Jaydip Sen, Nitish Mondal
Towards a More Competitive Italy in Clinical Research: The Survey of Attitudes towards Trial sites in Europe (The SAT-EU Study TM) PDF
Marta Gehring, Claudio Jommi, Rosanna Tarricone, Mariapia Cirenei, Giuseppe Ambrosio
Kandovan the next ‘Capadoccia’? – A potential public health issue for erionite related mesothelioma risk PDF
Edwards B Ilgren, Kazemain Hossein, John A Hoskins
Critical reappraisal of Balangero chrysotile and mesothelioma risk PDF SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Edward B Ilgren, Frederick D Pooley, Yumi M Kumiya, John A Hoskins
Mortality trends and risk of dying from breast cancer in the 32 states and 7 socioeconomic regions of Mexico, 2002-2011 PDF
Juan Jesús Sánchez-Barriga
Factor associated with tobacco use among the adult population in Sarawak, Malaysia: a cross sectional study PDF
Mizanur Rahman, Mohd Taha Arif, Mohd Fadzillah Razak, Raili Suhaili, Tambi Zainab, Akoi Cliffton, Peak Debura, Hasienti Hussein
Association of Smoking Cessation and Intentions to Quit: Role of Occupational Status, Health Professional’s Support, and Perceived Risk PDF
Sunil Mathur
Propensity score adjustment of a treatment effect with missing data in psychiatric health services research PDF
Benjamin Mayer, Bernd Puschner
Multivariate determinants of self-management in Health Care: assessing Health Empowerment Model by comparison between structural equation and graphical models approaches PDF
Filippo Trentini, Matteo Malgaroli, Anne Linda Camerini, Clelia Di Serio, Peter Schulz
Delay in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: a survey in the Lazio region, Italy PDF
Patrizio Pezzotti, Silvia Pozzato, Eliana Ferroni, Valentina Mazzocato, Alfonso M. Altieri, Gina Gualano, MariaRosaria Loffredo, Pier Angela Napoli, Fabrizio Perrelli, Enrico Girardi

Systematic reviews and meta- and pooled analyses

Association between smoking habits and acne. A case-control study and a systematic review and meta-analysis PDF
Alice Mannocci, Leda Semyonov, Rosella Saulle, Nevena Skroza, Concetta Potenza, Ersilia Tolino, Antonio Boccia, Giuseppe La Torre

Public Health and Medical Humanities History Corner

Lorenzo Tomatis: A Great Doctor in the Broadest Sense PDF
Roberto Bucci, Vittoria Colamesta, Giuseppe La Torre