Italian Constitution amended to include environmental and health protection: A model for Europe

Affiliations

¹ Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (SIMA), Milan, Italy.
² Former Italian Minister of Environment, Rome, Italy.
³ State Sub-Secretary for Health, Italian Ministry of Health, Rome, Italy.
⁴ President of Puglia Region, Bari, Italy.
⁵ Regional Minister of Agriculture, Campania Region, Naples, Italy.
⁶ Italian League for the Fight Against Cancer (LILT), Rome, Italy.
⁷ Director for Economic and Environmental Security, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Wien, Austria.
⁸ Rector of the University of Salento, Lecce, Italy.
⁹ Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes (ANVUR) & National Observatory for Tourism, Rome, Italy.
¹⁰ Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

Prisco Piscitelli et al. Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2022.

. 2022 Apr 4:16:100367.

doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2022.100367. eCollection 2022 May.

¹ Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (SIMA), Milan, Italy.
² Former Italian Minister of Environment, Rome, Italy.
³ State Sub-Secretary for Health, Italian Ministry of Health, Rome, Italy.
⁴ President of Puglia Region, Bari, Italy.
⁵ Regional Minister of Agriculture, Campania Region, Naples, Italy.
⁶ Italian League for the Fight Against Cancer (LILT), Rome, Italy.
⁷ Director for Economic and Environmental Security, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Wien, Austria.
⁸ Rector of the University of Salento, Lecce, Italy.
⁹ Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes (ANVUR) & National Observatory for Tourism, Rome, Italy.
¹⁰ Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

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Conflict of interest statement

All the authors declare no conflict of interests.

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