About the Authors

Stefano Mattioli

s.mattioli@unibo.it

Affiliation Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Andrea Farioli

Affiliation Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Patrizia Legittimo

Affiliations Unit of Occupational Medicine, S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy, Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Unit, ISPO Cancer Prevention and Research Institute, Florence, Italy

Lucia Miligi

Affiliation Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Unit, ISPO Cancer Prevention and Research Institute, Florence, Italy

Alessandra Benvenuti

Affiliation Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Unit, ISPO Cancer Prevention and Research Institute, Florence, Italy

Alessandra Ranucci

Affiliation Cancer Epidemiology Unit - Department of Translational Medicine, CPO Piemonte and University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy

Alberto Salvan

Affiliation Currently retired, IASI-CNR, Rome, Italy

Roberto Rondelli

Affiliation Paediatric Oncology-Haematology “Lalla Seràgnoli”, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy

Corrado Magnani

Affiliation Cancer Epidemiology Unit - Department of Translational Medicine, CPO Piemonte and University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy

on behalf of the SETIL Study Group

Membership of the SETIL Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM LM AS RR CM. Performed the experiments: AF PL AB AR. Analyzed the data: AF SM PL CM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB AR AS. Wrote the paper: AF SM CM.