Big Data for the Assessment of Health Effects of Air Pollution in the Italian Population (BigEPI)
The project ended in 2023Although epidemiological research has focused strongly in recent years on the health effects of air pollution and temperature extremes, further investigations are needed to estimate acute effects, due to short-term exposures, and chronic effects, due to long-term exposures, in national contexts characterized by a large matrix of variability in urban and territorial fabric. Today, this need can be met thanks to the availability of "Big Data" related to environmental and health data that provide total coverage over the national territory with an excellent degree of spatial and temporal resolution.
The overall objective of the BigEPI project is to identify risks related to short- and long-term exposure to air pollution and air temperature in the general population, in terms of effects on mortality, hospitalizations, morbidity and physiological parameters.
The project is divided into specific objectives devoted to assessments of acute and chronic effects in different settings. A special focus concerns the analysis of mortality risks in the national context and in contaminated areas such as Sites of National Interest and other areas of high industrial activity; chronic effects of environmental exposure will be investigated in 6 longitudinal studies and 8 analytical epidemiological surveys and through a detailed analysis related to the possible interaction between environmental and occupational exposure and effects on morbidity.
- Institute of Clinical Physiology, CNR, Pisa (Scientific Head Dr. Sara Maio) (CNR- IFC)
- Department of Epidemiology SSR Lazio-ASL Roma 1 (Scientific Responsible Dr. Massimo Stafoggia) (DEPLAZIO)
- Superzonal Service of Epidemiology ASL TO3 (Scientific Responsible Dr. Giuseppe Costa) (SEPI)
- ARPAE Emilia Romagna - Dir. Tecnica, CTR Environment, Prevention and Health Health (Scientific Responsible Dr. Andrea Ranzi) (ARPAE)
- Regional Agency for Health and Social Affairs of Puglia (Scientific Responsible Dr. Lucia Bisceglia) (AReSS)
- Department of Health Activities and Epidemiologic Observatory (Scientific Responsible Dr. Salvatore Scondotto and Dr. Achille Cernigliaro (DASOE) - Assessorato Salute Regione Sicilia
- Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, University of Verona (Scientific Responsible Dr. Giuseppe Verlato) (UNIVR)
- Department of medicine, epidemiology, occupational and environmental hygiene of INAIL (Scientific Responsible Dr. Claudio Gariazzo) (INAIL-DIMEILA)
The project started in 2020 and ended in March 2023.
