Antonucci, Arianna
Albano, Matteo
Pindinello, Ivano
Fabiani, Leila https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0597-1450
Cipollone, Claudia
Mastrangeli, Giada
Mastrantonio, Riccardo
Muselli, Mario
Ursini, Cinzia Lucia
Cavallo, Delia
Petyx, Marta
Di Gennaro, Giorgia
De Palma, Giuseppe
Vitali, Matteo
Protano, Carmela
Funding for this research was provided by:
Istituto Nazionale per l'Assicurazione Contro Gli Infortuni sul Lavoro (BRiC ID-51/2022)
Università degli Studi dell’Aquila
Article History
Received: 10 February 2026
Revised: 16 March 2026
Accepted: 18 March 2026
First Online: 31 March 2026
Declarations
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: All participants provided written informed consent prior to inclusion in the study. The study protocol was approved by the Regional Ethics Committee of Abruzzo-CETRA (report N. 17, dated March 07, 2024) and the study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. In this study, 124 workers has been enrolled, 82 occupationally exposed and 42 controls not exposed.
: The authors declare no competing interests.