Exposure to low levels of hydrogen sulphide and its impact on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung function in the geothermal area of Mt. Amiata in Italy: The cross-sectional InVETTA study

Giorgia Stoppa; Daniela Nuvolone; Davide Petri; Letizia Centi; Francesca Nisticò; Emanuele Crocetti; Fabio Barbone; Fabio Voller

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0293619

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Exposure to low levels of hydrogen sulphide and its impact on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung function in the geothermal area of Mt. Amiata in Italy: The cross-sectional InVETTA study

Giorgia Stoppa ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Giorgia Stoppa, Daniela Nuvolone

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: giorgia.stoppa@phd.unipd.it

Current address: Unit of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Public Health, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova (PD), Italy

Affiliation Unit of Epidemiology, Regional Health Agency of Tuscany, Florence (FI), Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4272-2672

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Daniela Nuvolone ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Giorgia Stoppa, Daniela Nuvolone

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Unit of Epidemiology, Regional Health Agency of Tuscany, Florence (FI), Italy
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Davide Petri,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa (PI), Italy

Affiliation Unit of Epidemiology, Regional Health Agency of Tuscany, Florence (FI), Italy
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Letizia Centi,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Agency of South-East Tuscany, Arezzo (AR), Italy
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Francesca Nisticò,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Agency of South-East Tuscany, Arezzo (AR), Italy
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Emanuele Crocetti,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Unit of Epidemiology, Regional Health Agency of Tuscany, Florence (FI), Italy
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Fabio Barbone,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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Fabio Voller

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Unit of Epidemiology, Regional Health Agency of Tuscany, Florence (FI), Italy
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Exposure to low levels of hydrogen sulphide and its impact on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung function in the geothermal area of Mt. Amiata in Italy: The cross-sectional InVETTA study

Giorgia Stoppa,
Daniela Nuvolone,
Davide Petri,
Letizia Centi,
Francesca Nisticò,
Emanuele Crocetti,
Fabio Barbone,
Fabio Voller

Published: November 1, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293619

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