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Overview

Roberto Lucchini is affiliated with Florida International University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and environmental science, with an emphasis on health-related topics, toxicology, and cognitive neuroscience.

The main fields of study in which Lucchini has contributed include:

  • Medicine
  • Environmental Science

The subfields of study involve:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Neurology

Lucchini's work extensively covers topics such as:

  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Trace Elements in Health
  • Occupational Health and Performance
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts

Their recent publications include:

  • "Associations of a Metal Mixture Measured in Multiple Biomarkers with IQ: Evidence from Italian Adolescents Living near Ferroalloy Industry" (2020), published in Environmental Health Perspectives
  • "COVID-19 incidence and mortality in Lombardy, Italy: An ecological study on the role of air pollution, meteorological factors, demographic and socioeconomic variables" (2021), published in Environmental Research
  • "Occupational Safety and Health Staging Framework for Decent Work" (2022), published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Reducing disease and death from Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) - the urgent need for responsible mining in the context of growing global demand for minerals and metals for climate change mitigation" (2022), published in Environmental Health
  • "Cognitive impairment and World Trade Centre-related exposures" (2021), published in Nature Reviews Neurology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lucchini include:

  • Donatella Placidi
  • Megan K. Horton
  • Robert O. Wright
  • Stefano Renzetti
  • Giuseppa Cagna

Lucchini's research has been featured in several publication venues where they have multiple contributions. These include:

  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Environmental Research
  • Translational Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • The role of metals in neurodegenerative processes: aluminum, manganese, and zinc

    Paolo Zatta;Roberto Lucchini;Susan J van Rensburg;Andrew Taylor

  • Neurological impacts from inhalation of pollutants and the nose–brain connection

    R.G. Lucchini;D.C. Dorman;A. Elder;B. Veronesi

  • TREMOR, OLFACTORY AND MOTOR CHANGES IN ITALIAN ADOLESCENTS EXPOSED TO HISTORICAL FERRO-MANGANESE EMISSION

    Roberto G Lucchini;Stefano Guazzetti;Silvia Zoni;Filippo Donna

  • Neurobehavioral effects of manganese in workers from a ferroalloy plant after temporary cessation of exposure

    Roberto Lucchini;Luisella Selis;Davide Folli;Pietro Apostoli

  • From Manganism to Manganese-Induced Parkinsonism: A Conceptual Model Based on the Evolution of Exposure

    Roberto G. Lucchini;Christopher J. Martin;Brent C. Doney

  • High prevalence of Parkinsonian disorders associated to manganese exposure in the vicinities of ferroalloy industries.

    Roberto G. Lucchini;Elisa Albini;Laura Benedetti;Stefano Borghesi

  • Biomarkers of Mn exposure in humans

    Donald Smith;Roberto Gwiazda;Rosemarie Bowler;Harry Roels

  • Fate of manganese associated with the inhalation of welding fumes: Potential neurological effects

    James M. Antonini;Annette B. Santamaria;Neil T. Jenkins;Elisa Albini

  • Hair as a biomarker of environmental manganese exposure

    Rachel R. Eastman;Tom P. Jursa;Chiara Benedetti;Roberto G. Lucchini

  • Sub-Clinical Neurobehavioral Abnormalities Associated with Low Level of Mercury Exposure through Fish Consumption

    Plinio Carta;Costantino Flore;Rossella Alinovi;Antonio Ibba

  • Cohort Profile: World Trade Center Health Program General Responder Cohort

    Christopher R Dasaro;William L Holden;Karen D Berman;Michael A Crane

  • Inverse association of intellectual function with very low blood lead but not with manganese exposure in Italian adolescents.

    Roberto G Lucchini;Silvia Zoni;Stefano Guazzetti;Elza Bontempi

  • Global Occupational Health: Current Challenges and the Need for Urgent Action

    Roberto G. Lucchini;Leslie London

  • Manganese exposure: cognitive, motor and behavioral effects on children: a review of recent findings.

    Silvia Zoni;Roberto G. Lucchini

  • Cancer Incidence in World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery Workers, 2001–2008

    Samara Solan;Sylvan Wallenstein;Moshe Shapiro;Susan L. Teitelbaum

  • Motor Function, Olfactory Threshold, and Hematological Indices in Manganese-Exposed Ferroalloy Workers

    R Lucchini;Enrico Bergamaschi;Enrico Bergamaschi;Enrico Bergamaschi;A Smargiassi;A Smargiassi;A Smargiassi;D Festa;D Festa;D Festa

  • Brain magnetic resonance imaging and manganese exposure.

    R Lucchini;E Albini;D Placidi;R Gasparotti

  • Are Current Biomarkers Suitable for the Assessment of Manganese Exposure in Individual Workers

    Pietro Apostoli;Roberto Lucchini;Lorenzo Alessio

  • Metal fractionation in soils and assessment of environmental contamination in Vallecamonica, Italy

    Laura Borgese;Stefania Federici;Annalisa Zacco;Alessandra Gianoncelli

  • Associations of a Metal Mixture Measured in Multiple Biomarkers with IQ: Evidence from Italian Adolescents Living near Ferroalloy Industry

    Julia A Bauer;Katrina L Devick;Jennifer F Bobb;Brent A Coull

  • Adequacy and Consistency of Animal Studies to Evaluate the Neurotoxicity of Chronic Low-Level Manganese Exposure in Humans

    Roberto Gwiazda;Roberto Lucchini;Donald Smith

  • Metal contamination of home garden soils and cultivated vegetables in the province of Brescia, Italy: Implications for human exposure

    Roberta Ferri;Dana Hashim;Donald R. Smith;Stefano Guazzetti

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert O. Wright
Robert O. Wright Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Benjamin J. Luft
Benjamin J. Luft Stony Brook University
Elza Bontempi
Elza Bontempi University of Brescia
Paolo Boffetta
Paolo Boffetta Stony Brook Medicine
Brent A. Coull
Brent A. Coull Harvard University
Roberto Gasparotti
Roberto Gasparotti University of Brescia
Philip J. Landrigan
Philip J. Landrigan Boston College
David C. Bellinger
David C. Bellinger Boston Children's Hospital
Sam Gandy
Sam Gandy Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Evelyn J. Bromet
Evelyn J. Bromet Stony Brook University

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