title: [State of health of the population residing in the town of Barengo and in surrounding communities, site of a field used as landfill for MSW: analysis of the general incidence and causes from 2003 to 2009].
abstract: The research provides an observational epidemiological study to detect whether there is a cluster or a local excess morbidity rate in Barengo, site of a solid waste quarry, as well as to define the initial hypothesis of causal relationships and then trigger if necessary, more stringent and specific inferential assessments. The population studied consists of all the residents in the eight municipalities that make up the area next to the dump site with Barengo as the central point, site of the plant; the reference population in Barengo, Cavaglietto, Momo, Cavaglio, Briona, Vaprio, Fara and Sizzano add up to about 11,122 residents. The overall mortality data for the years 2000-2009 show excesses for cardiovascular diseases, digestive system as well as nervous and respiratory systems for both sexes; to monitor next would be the frequency of some cancers such as, bone, kidney, small intestine and ovary. Given the current epidemiological considerations, today we cannot derive the determining conditions of health levels observed. The viability of a health risk identification can be achieved only in a second intervention capable of inferring random links in regards to the presence of specific risk situations.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale "Amedeo Avogadro", Novara. christiansalerno@alice.it
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Salerno
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Palin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004066:Digestive System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D012037:Refuse Disposal; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology