Microbiological quality of surface waters of Rome and it’s County from 1890 to 2010: a systematic review of Roman Hygiene School

<p>Research on the quality of surface waters has been erformed in Italy during the development of large urban areas, and in Rome this has been the duty of the Istituto di Igiene of the Sapienza University since 1890. Using MedLine - along with traditional consultation of papers printed before...

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Main Authors: Caterina Palazzo, Riccardo Montacutelli, Rosella Del Vecchio, Angelo Giuseppe Solimini, Lucia Marinelli, Anna Maria Lombardi, Maria De Giusti, Gaetano Maria Fara, Antonio Boccia
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Published: Milano University Press 2014-06-01
Series:Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health
Online Access:http://ebph.it/article/view/9471
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author Caterina Palazzo
Riccardo Montacutelli
Rosella Del Vecchio
Angelo Giuseppe Solimini
Lucia Marinelli
Anna Maria Lombardi
Maria De Giusti
Gaetano Maria Fara
Antonio Boccia
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Riccardo Montacutelli
Rosella Del Vecchio
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Lucia Marinelli
Anna Maria Lombardi
Maria De Giusti
Gaetano Maria Fara
Antonio Boccia
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description <p>Research on the quality of surface waters has been erformed in Italy during the development of large urban areas, and in Rome this has been the duty of the Istituto di Igiene of the Sapienza University since 1890. Using MedLine - along with traditional consultation of papers printed before 1968 - we identified 100 articles published in the period from 1890-2010. Thirty of them met the inclusion criteria (to have been written by researchers of Roman universities and to contain microbiological information about the surface waters of Rome). The majority of papers identified (46.6%) were published during the Sixties and Seventies, and 30% in the twenty years that followed (1980-1999). The most frequent microbiological descriptors were “Total coliforms” and “Streptococci”. The body of waters most frequently investigated were the river Tiber and the coastal waters around Fiumicino, where the Tiber flows into the Tyrrhenian sea. The quality of surface waters has always been of central interest to the researchers of the Roman School of Hygiene. The excellent quality of past research, and the renovated interest of International Organizations and of the European Union, should encourage public health researchers to persist in this strategic field of investigation which has strong interconnections with the protection of individual well-being and community health, as well as with environmental preservation. </p>
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spelling doaj-art-34e401ae9c3343948172d236f280ffda2025-08-20T02:24:05ZengMilano University PressEpidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health2282-09302014-06-0111110.2427/94718976Microbiological quality of surface waters of Rome and it’s County from 1890 to 2010: a systematic review of Roman Hygiene SchoolCaterina Palazzo0Riccardo Montacutelli1Rosella Del Vecchio2Angelo Giuseppe Solimini3Lucia Marinelli4Anna Maria Lombardi5Maria De Giusti6Gaetano Maria Fara7Antonio Boccia8Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of RomeDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of RomeDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of RomeDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of RomeDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of RomeDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of RomeDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of RomeDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of RomeDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome<p>Research on the quality of surface waters has been erformed in Italy during the development of large urban areas, and in Rome this has been the duty of the Istituto di Igiene of the Sapienza University since 1890. Using MedLine - along with traditional consultation of papers printed before 1968 - we identified 100 articles published in the period from 1890-2010. Thirty of them met the inclusion criteria (to have been written by researchers of Roman universities and to contain microbiological information about the surface waters of Rome). The majority of papers identified (46.6%) were published during the Sixties and Seventies, and 30% in the twenty years that followed (1980-1999). The most frequent microbiological descriptors were “Total coliforms” and “Streptococci”. The body of waters most frequently investigated were the river Tiber and the coastal waters around Fiumicino, where the Tiber flows into the Tyrrhenian sea. The quality of surface waters has always been of central interest to the researchers of the Roman School of Hygiene. The excellent quality of past research, and the renovated interest of International Organizations and of the European Union, should encourage public health researchers to persist in this strategic field of investigation which has strong interconnections with the protection of individual well-being and community health, as well as with environmental preservation. </p>http://ebph.it/article/view/9471
spellingShingle Caterina Palazzo
Riccardo Montacutelli
Rosella Del Vecchio
Angelo Giuseppe Solimini
Lucia Marinelli
Anna Maria Lombardi
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Gaetano Maria Fara
Antonio Boccia
Microbiological quality of surface waters of Rome and it’s County from 1890 to 2010: a systematic review of Roman Hygiene School
Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health
title Microbiological quality of surface waters of Rome and it’s County from 1890 to 2010: a systematic review of Roman Hygiene School
title_full Microbiological quality of surface waters of Rome and it’s County from 1890 to 2010: a systematic review of Roman Hygiene School
title_fullStr Microbiological quality of surface waters of Rome and it’s County from 1890 to 2010: a systematic review of Roman Hygiene School
title_full_unstemmed Microbiological quality of surface waters of Rome and it’s County from 1890 to 2010: a systematic review of Roman Hygiene School
title_short Microbiological quality of surface waters of Rome and it’s County from 1890 to 2010: a systematic review of Roman Hygiene School
title_sort microbiological quality of surface waters of rome and it s county from 1890 to 2010 a systematic review of roman hygiene school
url http://ebph.it/article/view/9471
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