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Silvano Gallus

Researcher at Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research

Publications -  420
Citations -  48395

Silvano Gallus is an academic researcher from Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 68, co-authored 352 publications receiving 27505 citations. Previous affiliations of Silvano Gallus include Centro Studi GISED & Thomas Jefferson University.

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Interaction between selected environmental factors and familial propensity for colon cancer.

TL;DR: It is suggested that genetic predisposition can make the influence of environmental factors for defining the risk of colon cancer weak and/or difficult to estimate.
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Case-control study of thyroid cancer in Northern Italy: attributable risk.

TL;DR: Exposure to a few simply identified and potentially modifiable risk factors or indicators (benign thyroid disease, residence in endemic goitre area and a poor diet) explained about 60% of thyroid cancer cases in this Italian population, indicating the theoretical scope for prevention.

Reliability and validity of the Italian versions of the Children's Fear Survey Schedule - Dental Subscale and the Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale.

TL;DR: The Italian versions of the CFSS-DS and MCDAS are valid and reliable tools for the assessment of dental fear in Italian children aged 4-11 years and a simple, one-item VAS, and dental fear and anxiety evaluation by parents may be valid and quick alternatives to multi-item indices to predict an uncooperative children behaviour.