About the Authors
- Giuseppe Traversa
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Affiliation National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
- Stefania Spila-Alegiani
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* E-mail: stefania.spila@iss.it
Affiliation National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
- Clara Bianchi
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Affiliation National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
- Marta Ciofi degli Atti
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Affiliation Medical Direction, The Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy
- Luisa Frova
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Affiliation Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), Rome, Italy
- Marco Massari
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Affiliation National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
- Roberto Raschetti
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Affiliation National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
- Stefania Salmaso
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Affiliation National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
- Gianpaolo Scalia Tomba
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Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
- and the Hera Study Group
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GT SSA CB MCA RR SS HSG. Performed the experiments: GT SSA CB MCA LF MM GST HSG. Analyzed the data: SSA CB MM GST HSG. Wrote the paper: GT SSA CB MCA LF MM RR SS GST. Review of death certificates: HSG.