Governing decentralization in health care under tough budget constraint: what can we learn from the Italian experience? (Publications)
In many European countries, since the World War II, there has been a trend towards decentralization of health policy to lower levels of governments, while more recently there have been re-centralizati
Systematic validation of land use regression medels for NO2 (Publications)
Land use regression (LUR) models have become popular to explain the spatial variation of air pollution concentrations. Independent evaluation is important. We developed LUR models for nitrogen dioxide
Traffic-related air pollution and noise and children's blood pressure: results from the PIAMA birth cohort study (Publications)
AIMS: Elevation of a child's blood pressure may cause possible health risks in later life. There is evidence for adverse effects of exposure to air pollution and noise on blood pressure in adults. Lit
The association of LUR modeled PM2.5 elemental composition with personal exposure (Publications)
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Land use regression (LUR) models predict spatial variation of ambient concentrations, but little is known about the validity in predicting personal exposures. In this study, the a