G. Alicandro

Most-cited papers

1. 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 Aleksandr Y Peng Cristiana Kaja M Mohsen Foad Murray Aravkin Zheng Abbafati Abbas Abbasi-Kangeva, C. Murray, A. Aravkin, P. Zheng +496 more

   2020The Lancet6,195 citations Open access

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2. Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

   Mohsen Kanyin Liane Amirali Hazim S Yohannes Habtegiorgis Naghavi Ong Aali Ababneh Abate Abbafati Abbasgholi, M. Naghavi, K. Ong, Amirali Aali +496 more

   2024The Lancet1,888 citations Open access

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3. Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

   Michael Gregory A Aleksandr Y Peng Kalkidan Hassen Yohanne Brauer Roth Aravkin Zheng Abate Abate Abbafati Abb, Michael Brauer, G. Roth, A. Aravkin +496 more

   2024The Lancet1,840 citations Open access

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4. 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 Kaja M Mitra Mohsen Hedayat Foad Ahmed Hassan Luca Wang Abbas Abbasifard Abbasi-Kangevari Abbastabar, Haidong Wang, K. Abbas, M. Abbasifard +496 more

   2020The Lancet881 citations Open access

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5. Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

   Stein Emil Hazim S Yohannes Habtegiorgis Cristiana Rouzb Vollset Ababneh Abate Abbafati Abbasgholizadeh Abb, S. Vollset, H. Ababneh, Y. Abate +496 more

   2024The Lancet746 citations Open access

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6. Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

   Christopher J. L. Murray, C. Abbafati, K. Abbas, Mohammad Abbasi +496 more

   2020The Lancet539 citations Open access

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7. Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

   Austin E Hmwe Hmwe Amirali Cristiana Jaffar Rouzbeh Madin Schumacher Kyu Aali Abbafati Abbas Abbasgholizadeh, Austin E. Schumacher, H. Kyu, Amirali Aali +496 more

   2024The Lancet522 citations Open access

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8. Excess deaths associated with covid-19 pandemic in 2020: age and sex disaggregated time series analysis in 29 high income countries

   Nazrul Islam, V. Shkolnikov, Rolando J. Acosta, Ilya Klimkin +9 more

   2021British medical journal495 citations Open access

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9. Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

   M. Naghavi, H. Kyu, B. A, M. Aalipour +496 more

   2025The Lancet460 citations Open access

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10. Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

    S. Hay, K. Ong, D. Santomauro, B. A +496 more

    2025The Lancet401 citations Open access

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11. The Global, Regional, and National Burden of Psoriasis: Results and Insights From the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study

    G. Damiani, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, C. Karimkhani Aksut, Dongze Wu +10 more

    2021Frontiers in Medicine356 citations Open access

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12. Global, regional, and national progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 for neonatal and child health: all-cause and cause-specific mortality findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    K. Paulson, Aruna M Kamath, Tahiya Alam, Kelly Bienhoff +496 more

    2021The Lancet341 citations Open access

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13. Global, regional, and national mortality among young people aged 10–24 years, 1950–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Joseph L Peter S Kate Louise John S Vegard Susan M Nichol Ward Azzopardi Francis Santelli Skirbekk Sawyer Ka, J. Ward, P. Azzopardi, K. Francis +496 more

    2021The Lancet201 citations Open access

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14. The global burden of adolescent and young adult cancer in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Elysia M Lisa M Rixing Kelly Dan Hannah Jacqueline Jonath Alvarez Force Xu Compton Lu Henrikson Kocarnik Har, Elysia M. Alvarez, Lisa M. Force, Rixing Xu +496 more

    2021The Lancet Oncology188 citations Open access

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15. Global age-sex-specific all-cause mortality and life expectancy estimates for 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1950–2023: a demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

    Austin E. Schumacher, P. Zheng, Ryan M. Barber, B. A +496 more

    2025The Lancet159 citations Open access

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16. Attitudes towards influenza vaccine and a potential COVID-19 vaccine in Italy and differences across occupational groups, September 2020

    C. la Vecchia, E. Negri, G. Alicandro, V. Scarpino

    2020La Medicina del lavoro76 citations Open access

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17. Impact of COVID-19 on total excess mortality and geographic disparities in Europe, 2020–2023: a spatio-temporal analysis

    M. Pizzato, A. Gerli, C. la Vecchia, G. Alicandro

    2024The Lancet Regional Health - Europe71 citations Open access

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18. Worldwide trends in suicide mortality from 1990 to 2015 with a focus on the global recession time frame

    G. Alicandro, M. Malvezzi, S. Gallus, C. la Vecchia +2 more

    2019International Journal of Public Health71 citations Open access

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19. Childhood cancer mortality trends in Europe, 1990-2017, with focus on geographic differences.

    P. Bertuccio, G. Alicandro, M. Malvezzi, G. Carioli +4 more

    2020Cancer Epidemiology50 citations

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20. Non-sugar sweeteners and cancer: Toxicological and epidemiological evidence.

    S. Pavanello, A. Moretto, C. la Vecchia, G. Alicandro

    2023Regulatory toxicology and pharmacology : RTP49 citations Open access

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21. Education and gastric cancer risk—An individual participant data meta‐analysis in the StoP project consortium

    M. Rota, G. Alicandro, C. Pelucchi, Rossella Bonzi +39 more

    2019International Journal of Cancer49 citations Open access

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22. Changing life expectancy in European countries 1990–2021: a subanalysis of causes and risk factors from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    N. Steel, C. Bauer-Staeb, John A Ford, C. Abbafati +496 more

    2025Lancet Public Health48 citations Open access

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23. Citrus fruit intake and gastric cancer: The stomach cancer pooling (StoP) project consortium

    P. Bertuccio, G. Alicandro, M. Rota, C. Pelucchi +30 more

    2019International Journal of Cancer41 citations Open access

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24. Italian Atlas of mortality inequalities by education level.

    A. Petrelli, A. Di Napoli, G. Sebastiani, A. Rossi +8 more

    2019Epidemiologia & Prevenzione39 citations

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25. A comprehensive analysis of all-cause and cause-specific excess deaths in 30 countries during 2020

    G. Alicandro, C. la Vecchia, Nazrul Islam, M. Pizzato

    2023European Journal of Epidemiology37 citations Open access

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26. Cepacia syndrome in cystic fibrosis: A systematic review of the literature and possible new perspectives in treatment

    V. Daccò, G. Alicandro, A. Consales, C. Rosazza +3 more

    2023Pediatric Pulmonology33 citations Open access

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27. Italy's first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has ended: no excess mortality in May, 2020

    G. Alicandro, G. Remuzzi, C. la Vecchia

    2020The Lancet33 citations Open access

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28. Salmon bias effect as hypothesis of the lower mortality rates among immigrants in Italy

    A. Di Napoli, Alessandra Rossi, G. Alicandro, Martina Ventura +2 more

    2021Scientific Reports32 citations Open access

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29. Characterising acute and chronic care needs: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Cecilia Anza-Ramírez, J. Miranda, B. Armocida, J. Correia +496 more

    2025Nature Communications31 citations Open access

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30. Suicide among adolescents in Italy: a nationwide cohort study of the role of family characteristics

    E. Grande, M. Vichi, G. Alicandro, S. Simeoni +5 more

    2020European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry27 citations

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31. State of health and inequalities among Italian regions from 2000 to 2021: a systematic analysis based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    M. Naghavi, Giulia Zamagni, C. Abbafati, B. Armocida +71 more

    2025Lancet Public Health25 citations Open access

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32. Clinical course and risk factors for severe COVID-19 among Italian patients with cystic fibrosis: a study within the Italian Cystic Fibrosis Society

    C. Colombo, M. Cipolli, V. Daccò, P. Medino +30 more

    2021Infection25 citations Open access

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33. Mortality among Italian male workers in the construction industry: a census-based cohort study.

    G. Alicandro, P. Bertuccio, G. Sebastiani, C. la Vecchia +1 more

    2020European Journal of Public Health25 citations Open access

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34. Excess total mortality during the Covid-19 pandemic in Italy: updated estimates indicate persistent excess in recent months

    G. Alicandro, G. Remuzzi, S. Centanni, A. Gerli +1 more

    2022La Medicina del lavoro23 citations Open access

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35. Trends in cancer mortality under age 50 in 15 upper-middle and high-income countries

    C. Santucci, S. Mignozzi, G. Alicandro, M. Pizzato +4 more

    2024Journal of the National Cancer Institute22 citations Open access

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36. Childhood cancer mortality trends in the Americas and Australasia: An update to 2017

    M. Malvezzi, C. Santucci, G. Alicandro, G. Carioli +6 more

    2021Cancer22 citations Open access

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37. Peptic ulcer as mediator of the association between risk of gastric cancer and socioeconomic status, tobacco smoking, alcohol drinking and salt intake

    G. Collatuzzo, G. Alicandro, P. Bertuccio, C. Pelucchi +26 more

    2022Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health19 citations

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38. Tea consumption and gastric cancer: a pooled analysis from the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project consortium

    G. Martimianaki, G. Alicandro, C. Pelucchi, Rossella Bonzi +38 more

    2022British Journal of Cancer18 citations Open access

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39. Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet and associated socio-economic inequalities in the UK

    L. Patel, G. Alicandro, C. la Vecchia

    2020British Journal of Nutrition18 citations Open access

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40. Legume intake and cancer risk in a network of case-control studies

    L. Patel, C. la Vecchia, E. Negri, S. Mignozzi +5 more

    2024European Journal of Clinical Nutrition17 citations Open access

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41. Indices of healthy and unhealthy plant-based diets and the risk of selected digestive cancers.

    F. Turati, S. Mignozzi, G. Esposito, F. Bravi +11 more

    2024Clinical Nutrition16 citations Open access

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42. Suicide mortality among the elderly population in Italy: A nationwide cohort study on gender differences in sociodemographic risk factors, method of suicide, and associated comorbidity

    E. Grande, M. Vichi, G. Alicandro, S. Marchetti +2 more

    2022International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry16 citations

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43. Cancers attributable to overweight and obesity in Italy.

    M. Di Maso, C. Pelucchi, G. Collatuzzo, G. Alicandro +6 more

    2023Cancer Epidemiology15 citations Open access

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44. COVID-19 pandemic and total mortality in the first six months of 2020 in Italy

    G. Alicandro, G. Remuzzi, C. la Vecchia

    2020La Medicina del lavoro14 citations Open access

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45. The 2011 Italian census cohort for the study of socioeconomic inequality in mortality

    G. Alicandro, E. Grande, G. Sebastiani, L. Frova

    2020International Journal of Public Health14 citations

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46. Cancers attributable to infectious agents in Italy.

    G. Collatuzzo, C. la Vecchia, F. Parazzini, G. Alicandro +6 more

    2023European Journal of Cancer13 citations Open access

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47. Coffee consumption and gastric cancer: a pooled analysis from the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project consortium

    G. Martimianaki, P. Bertuccio, G. Alicandro, C. Pelucchi +37 more

    2021European Journal of Cancer Prevention13 citations Open access

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48. Mortality from suicide among agricultural, fishery, forestry and hunting workers in Italy and the contribution of work-related factors

    G. Alicandro, E. Grande, G. Sebastiani, F. Violante +2 more

    2020Occupational and Environmental Medicine13 citations Open access

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49. Effects of prolonged proton pump inhibitor treatment on nutritional status and respiratory infection risk in cystic fibrosis: A matched cohort study.

    L. Zazzeron, G. Alicandro, V. Daccò, Chiara Lanfranchi +4 more

    2022Digestive and Liver Disease12 citations

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50. Cancer mortality in Europe in 2020, and an overview of trends since 1990

    C. Santucci, P. Bertuccio, S. Mignozzi, M. Pizzato +5 more

    2025European Journal of Cancer Prevention11 citations Open access

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