title: Exploration study on mortality trends in the territory surrounding an incineration plant of urban solid waste in the municipality of Vercelli (Piedmont, Italy) 1988-2009.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The places, where the incinerators are located, often present problems of heterogeneous people having different environmental factors. It becomes important to evaluate the possible etiologic role of various environmental risk factors and try to quantify as they affect in the excess epidemiological.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study considers the ISTAT index mortality due to all causes occurred from 1988 to 2009 referred to ten municipalities at south of Vercelli (Piedmont, North Western Italy) placed nearby the active incinerator from 1977 (10 latent years). The risks were calculated considering this area at risk versus the municipalities placed at North of Vercelli and versus the Vercelli.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Some significant statically excesses emerged in the South area such as neoplasia of nervous system, liver and total of tumours.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study presents some drawbacks, but it is a work creditable of widening by specific research ad hoc such as cohort and/or control where it is possible to verify various environmental, occupational and occasional factors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Translational Medicine, Laboratory of Environmental Hygiene, University of Eastern Piedmont "Amedeo Avogadro", Novara, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Salerno
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marciani
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Santa Rita Clinic- Policlinic of Monza, Vercelli, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barasolo
authors.affiliation: Federation of the Order of Physicians, Surgeons and Dentists, Vercelli, Italy.
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Fossale
authors.affiliation: Department of Translational Medicine, Laboratory of Environmental Hygiene, University of Eastern Piedmont "Amedeo Avogadro", Novara, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Panella
authors.affiliation: Department of Translational Medicine, Laboratory of Environmental Hygiene, University of Eastern Piedmont "Amedeo Avogadro", Novara, Italy.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Palin
mesh_terms: D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017745:Incineration; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009423:Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D011210:Power Plants; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D062611:Solid Waste; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D062611:Solid Waste
keywords: Cancer; Environmental risk; Incinerator; Vercelli