@article{ref1,
title="Initial plans for a large-scale investigation into the chronic health effects of earthquakes in Italy: building on Barbara Pacelli's legacy",
journal="Epidemiologia e Prevenzione",
year="2020",
author="Allara, Elias and Wood, Angela and Ragazzoni, Luca and Sofianopoulou, Eleni and Barone Adesi, Francesco and Fabiani, Leila and Ripoll Gallardo, Alba and Della Corte, Francesco and Faggiano, Fabrizio",
volume="44",
number="5-6 Suppl 1",
pages="179-184",
abstract="Barbara Pacelli, a young Italian epidemiologist, passed away unexpectedly in September 2019. During her prolific professional life, she gave several scientific  contributions to natural disaster epidemiology, particularly in relation to the  medium and long-term health effects of earthquakes. In this opinion paper, we  reflect on Barbara's legacy and outline potential actions that could arise from her  work. Particularly, availability of electronic health records would enable a  systematic and large-scale investigation into the long-term health effects of  earthquakes in Italy, a country with high seismic risk. This effort would have high  societal value as it would likely enable mitigation of substantial morbidity and  mortality in areas affected by earthquakes. In this paper, we define scope,  objectives, potential data sources, and analysis methods that could be used to  systematically assess the chronic health effects of recent earthquakes in Italy. <br><br>KEYWORDS: earthquakes; chronic diseases; electronic health records; retrospective  cohort; case crossover study.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1120-9763",
doi="10.19191/EP20.5-6.S1.P179.088",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.19191/EP20.5-6.S1.P179.088"
}