DUT and RS contributed conception and design of the study; DUT organized the database; RS performed the statistical analysis; DUT and RS wrote the first draft of the manuscript. DUT, RS, and FP contributed to manuscript revision, read, and approved the submitted version.
Conflicts of interest
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
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Availability of data and materials
The datasets analyzed for this study can be found in saniarp.it, the Caserta Local Health Authority reporting database, and from the register of our daily activities.
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