About the Authors

Mariarita Stendardo

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Valeria Casillo

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Michela Schito

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Licia Ballerin

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Respiratory Unit, University-Hospital of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Francesco Stomeo

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Ear, Nose and Throat & Audiology Department, University-Hospital of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Emanuela Vitali

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Marco Nardini

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Prevention and Protection, University-Hospital and Public Health Service of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Elisa Maietti

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Center for Clinical and Epidemiological Research, University-Hospital of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Piera Boschetto

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

bsp@unife.it

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.