Simona Villani
Biographic Data
| ID | 7779182 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Simona Villani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Simona |
| FAMILY NAME | Villani |
| SIGNATURE | VILLANI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pavia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2517-6515 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Smoking habits, ETS exposure and knowledge of tobacco and e-cigarettes/HTPs among university students in Italy—a multicentre study
Tobacco smoking is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, responsible for about 61,300 deaths annually in Italy. In addition to tobacco cigarettes, the use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) and heated tobacco products (HTPs) has increased among young people, raising public health concerns. This study aimed to investigate smoking habits, exposure to passive smoke, and awareness of health risks among Italian university students. A mu…
Clinical Characteristics and Potential Risk Factors Associated with the Sars-CoV-2 Infection
During the two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 400 million cases all over the world have been identified. Health care workers were among the first to deal with this virus and consequently a high incidence of infection was reported in this population. The aim of the survey was to investigate health care workers' (HCWs) clinical characteristics and potential risk factors associated with the SARS-CoV-2 infection in a referral hospital in N…
Evaluation of Deposition and Clearance of Asbestos (Detected by SEM-EDS) in Lungs of Deceased Subjects Environmentally and/or Occupationally Exposed in Broni (Pavia, Northern Italy)
Biodurability is one of the main determinants of asbestos hazardousness for human health. Very little is known about the actual persistence of asbestos in lungs and its clearance, nor about differences in this regard between the different mineralogical types of asbestos. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the amount, the dimensional characteristics and the mineralogic kinds of asbestos in lungs (measured using SEM-EDS) of a series of 72…
Spatial-Temporal Modelling of Disease Risk Accounting for PM2.5 Exposure in the Province of Pavia
Spatio-temporal Bayesian disease mapping is the branch of spatial epidemiology interested in providing valuable risk estimates in certain geographical regions using administrative areas as statistical units. The aim of the present paper is to describe spatio-temporal distribution of cardiovascular mortality in the Province of Pavia in 2010 through 2015 and assess its association with environmental pollution exposure. To produce reliable risk esti…
Inorganic Fiber Lung Burden in Subjects with Occupational and/or Anthropogenic Environmental Asbestos Exposure in Broni (Pavia, Northern Italy)
Increased mortality due to malignant mesothelioma has been demonstrated by several epidemiologic studies in the area around Broni (a small town in Lombardy, northern Italy), where a factory producing asbestos cement was active between 1932 and 1993. Until now, the inorganic fiber burden in lungs has not been investigated in this population. The aim of this study is to assess the lung fiber burden in 72 individuals with previous occupational and/o…
Availability of Real-World Data in Italy
The purpose of the study was to map and describe the healthcare utilization databases (HUDs) available in Italy's 19 regions and two autonomous provinces and develop a tool to navigate through them. A census of the HUDs covering the population of a single region/province and recording local-level data was conducted between January 2014 and October 2016. The characteristics of each HUD regarding the start year, data type and completeness, data man…
Socioeconomic inequalities in smoking habits are still increasing in Italy
Smoking prevalence has declined in Italy during the last decade among the higher socioeconomic classes, but not among the lower. This enlarging socioeconomic inequality mainly reflects a different trend in smoking initiation
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Socioeconomic inequalities in smoking habits are still increasing in Italy
Smoking prevalence has declined in Italy during the last decade among the higher socioeconomic classes, but not among the lower. This enlarging socioeconomic inequality mainly reflects a different trend in smoking initiation
Availability of Real-World Data in Italy
The purpose of the study was to map and describe the healthcare utilization databases (HUDs) available in Italy's 19 regions and two autonomous provinces and develop a tool to navigate through them. A census of the HUDs covering the population of a single region/province and recording local-level data was conducted between January 2014 and October 2016. The characteristics of each HUD regarding the start year, data type and completeness, data man…
Evaluation of Deposition and Clearance of Asbestos (Detected by SEM-EDS) in Lungs of Deceased Subjects Environmentally and/or Occupationally Exposed in Broni (Pavia, Northern Italy)
Biodurability is one of the main determinants of asbestos hazardousness for human health. Very little is known about the actual persistence of asbestos in lungs and its clearance, nor about differences in this regard between the different mineralogical types of asbestos. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the amount, the dimensional characteristics and the mineralogic kinds of asbestos in lungs (measured using SEM-EDS) of a series of 72…
Spatial-Temporal Modelling of Disease Risk Accounting for PM2.5 Exposure in the Province of Pavia
Spatio-temporal Bayesian disease mapping is the branch of spatial epidemiology interested in providing valuable risk estimates in certain geographical regions using administrative areas as statistical units. The aim of the present paper is to describe spatio-temporal distribution of cardiovascular mortality in the Province of Pavia in 2010 through 2015 and assess its association with environmental pollution exposure. To produce reliable risk esti…
Inorganic Fiber Lung Burden in Subjects with Occupational and/or Anthropogenic Environmental Asbestos Exposure in Broni (Pavia, Northern Italy)
Increased mortality due to malignant mesothelioma has been demonstrated by several epidemiologic studies in the area around Broni (a small town in Lombardy, northern Italy), where a factory producing asbestos cement was active between 1932 and 1993. Until now, the inorganic fiber burden in lungs has not been investigated in this population. The aim of this study is to assess the lung fiber burden in 72 individuals with previous occupational and/o…
Clinical Characteristics and Potential Risk Factors Associated with the Sars-CoV-2 Infection
During the two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 400 million cases all over the world have been identified. Health care workers were among the first to deal with this virus and consequently a high incidence of infection was reported in this population. The aim of the survey was to investigate health care workers' (HCWs) clinical characteristics and potential risk factors associated with the SARS-CoV-2 infection in a referral hospital in N…
Smoking habits, ETS exposure and knowledge of tobacco and e-cigarettes/HTPs among university students in Italy—a multicentre study
Tobacco smoking is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, responsible for about 61,300 deaths annually in Italy. In addition to tobacco cigarettes, the use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) and heated tobacco products (HTPs) has increased among young people, raising public health concerns. This study aimed to investigate smoking habits, exposure to passive smoke, and awareness of health risks among Italian university students. A mu…
Environmental health (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Biostatistics (2 works) · Epidemiology (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Internal Medicine (2 works) · Pathology (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · Smoking Behavior and Cessation (2 works)