Authors’ response (August 21, 2017) to the letter to the Editor concerning the paper “Mortality for chronic-degenerative diseases in Tuscany: Ecological study comparing neighboring areas with substantial difference in environmental pollution”

• Claudio Marabotti,
• Paolo Piaggi,
• Paolo Scarsi,
• Elio Venturini,
• Romina Cecchi,
• Alessandro Pingitore

Affiliations

Claudio Marabotti

Bassa Val di Cecina Hospital, Cecina (LI), Italy (Cardiovascular and Coronary Care Unit)

Paolo Piaggi

National Institutes of Health, Phoenix, Arizona, USA (Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Paolo Scarsi

National Research Council (CNR), Pisa, Italy (Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources)

Elio Venturini

Bassa Val di Cecina Hospital, Cecina (LI), Italy (Cardiovascular and Coronary Care Unit)

Romina Cecchi

Bassa Val di Cecina Hospital, Cecina (LI), Italy (Cardiovascular and Coronary Care Unit)

Alessandro Pingitore

National Research Council (CNR), Pisa, Italy (Institute of Clinical Physiology)