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Silvano Gallus is affiliated with the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research in Italy. Their research spans multiple areas primarily within medicine, with a focus on physiology, oncology, clinical psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and health toxicology and mutagenesis.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of topics, including:

  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • Health Disparities and Outcomes

The main publication venues where Silvano Gallus frequently contributes include:

  • Tobacco Prevention & Cessation
  • Tabaccologia
  • PubMed
  • European Journal of Public Health
  • Journal of Epidemiology

Recent significant papers from Silvano Gallus include:

  • "Hearing loss prevalence and years lived with disability, 1990-2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019" (2021, The Lancet)
  • "The global, regional, and national burden of oesophageal cancer and its attributable risk factors in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017" (2020, The Lancet. Gastroenterology & Hepatology)
  • "Global Prevalence and Incidence of Tinnitus" (2022, JAMA Neurology)
  • "Global, regional, and national burden of respiratory tract cancers and associated risk factors from 1990 to 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019" (2021, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine)
  • "Smoking and Colorectal Cancer Risk, Overall and by Molecular Subtypes: A Meta-Analysis" (2020, The American Journal of Gastroenterology)

Silvano Gallus has collaborated extensively with the following frequent co-authors:

  • Alessandra Lugo
  • Anna Odone
  • Giuseppe Gorini
  • Giulia Carreras
  • Chiara Stival

Best Publications

  • Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Stephen S. Lim;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, andyears lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematicanalysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Gbd Disease;Injury Incidence;Lorenzo Monasta

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Gregory A Roth;Gregory A Roth;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Solomon M Abay

  • Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national cancer incidence, mortality, years of life lost, years lived with disability, and disability-adjusted life-years for 29 cancer groups, 1990 to 2017

    Christina Fitzmaurice;Degu Abate;Naghmeh Abbasi;Hedayat Abbastabar

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Simon I Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Max G Griswold;Nancy Fullman;Caitlin Hawley;Nicholas Arian

  • Global age-sex-specific fertility, mortality, healthy life expectancy (HALE), and population estimates in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2019: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Haidong Wang;Kaja M. Abbas;Mitra Abbasifard;Mohsen Abbasi-Kangevari

  • Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of smoking tobacco use and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Marissa B Reitsma;Parkes J Kendrick;Emad Ababneh;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Worldwide distribution of human papillomavirus types in cytologically normal women in the International Agency for Research on Cancer HPV prevalence surveys: a pooled analysis.

    G. M. Clifford;S. Gallus;R. Herrero;N. Muñoz

  • Drinking to death: the changing face of liver disease

    MG Griswold;N Fullman;C Hawley;N Arian

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Daniel Dicker;Grant Nguyen;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate

  • Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: A systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Nancy Fullman;Jamal Yearwood;Solomon M Abay;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Hearing loss prevalence and years lived with disability, 1990–2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Lydia M Haile;Kaloyan Kamenov;Paul Svitil Briant;Aislyn U Orji

  • Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas;Mohammad Abbasi

  • The global, regional, and national burden of colorectal cancer and its attributable risk factors in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Farin Kamangar;Dariush Nasrollahzadeh;Saeid Safiri;Sadaf G Sepanlou

  • Measuring universal health coverage based on an index of effective coverage of health services in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

    Rafael Lozano;Nancy Fullman;John Everett Mumford;Megan Knight

  • The global, regional, and national burden of stomach cancer in 195 countries, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease study 2017

    Arash Etemadi;Saeid Safiri;Sadaf G Sepanlou;Kevin Ikuta

  • Measuring progress from 1990 to 2017 and projecting attainment to 2030 of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Rafael Lozano;Nancy Fullman;Degu Abate;Solomon M. Abay

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlo La Vecchia
Carlo La Vecchia University of Milan
Cristina Bosetti
Cristina Bosetti Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Eva Negri
Eva Negri University of Bologna
Silvia Franceschi
Silvia Franceschi Centro di Riferimento Oncologico
Alessandra Tavani
Alessandra Tavani Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Joan B. Soriano
Joan B. Soriano Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Renato Talamini
Renato Talamini Centro di Riferimento Oncologico
Benn Sartorius
Benn Sartorius University of Oxford
Simon I. Hay
Simon I. Hay University of Washington
Maurizio Montella
Maurizio Montella Regione Campania

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