Browsing by Author "Cirach, Marta"

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  • Adult lung function and long-term air pollution exposure. ESCAPE: a multicentre cohort study and meta-analysis
    Adam, Martin; Carsin, Anne-Elie; Jacquemin Leonard, Bénédicte; Cirach, Marta; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Probst-Hensch, Nicole (European Respiratory Society, 2015)
    The chronic impact of ambient air pollutants on lung function in adults is not fully understood. The objective of this study was to investigate the association of long-term exposure to ambient air pollution with lung ...
  • Air pollution and respiratory infections during early childhood: an analysis of 10 European birth cohorts within the ESCAPE Project
    MacIntyre, Elaina A; Gascon Merlos, Mireia, 1984-; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Cirach, Marta; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Heinrich, Joachim (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 2014)
    Background: Few studies have investigated traffic-related air pollution as a risk factor for respiratory infections during early childhood. Objectives: We aimed to investigate the association between air pollution and ...
  • Air pollution, noise, blue space, and green space and premature mortality in Barcelona: a mega cohort
    Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Gascon Merlos, Mireia, 1984-; Martínez, David; Ponjoan, Anna; Blanch, Jordi; García Gil, Maria; Ramos, Rafel; Foraster Pulido, Maria, 1984-; Mueller, Natalie, 1988-; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Cirach, Marta; Khreis, Haneen; Dadvand, Payam; Basagaña Flores, Xavier (MDPI, 2018)
    Introduction: Cities often experience high air pollution and noise levels and lack of natural outdoor environments, which may be detrimental to health. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of air pollution, ...
  • Ambient air pollution and adult asthma incidence in six european cohorts (Escape)
    Jacquemin Leonard, Bénédicte; Carsin, Anne-Elie; Cirach, Marta; De Nazelle, Audrey; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Kauffmann, Francine (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2015)
    BACKGROUND: Short-term exposure to air pollution has adverse effects among patients with asthma, but whether long-term exposure to air pollution is a cause of adult-onset asthma is unclear. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to investigate ...
  • Ambient air pollution and overweight and obesity in school-aged children in Barcelona, Spain
    De Bont, Jeroen, 1989-; Casas Sanahuja, Maribel; Barrera Gómez, Jose; Cirach, Marta; Rivas, Ioar; Valvi, Damaskini, 1983-; Álvarez Pedrerol, Mar; Dadvand, Payam; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Vrijheid, Martine (Elsevier, 2019)
    Background: Ambient air pollution may increase the risk of overweight and obesity in children. However, available evidence is still scarce and has mainly focused on ambient air pollution exposure occurring at home without ...
  • Ambient air pollution in relation to SARS-CoV-2 infection, antibody response, and COVID-19 disease: a Cohort study in Catalonia, Spain (COVICAT Study)
    Kogevinas, Manolis; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Karachaliou, Marianna; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Garcia Aymerich, Judith; Jiménez, Alfons; Vidal, Marta; O’Callaghan-Gordo, Cristina; Cirach, Marta; Santano, Rebeca; Barrios, Diana; Puyol, Laura; Rubio, Rocío; Izquierdo, Luis; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Dadvand, Payam; Aguilar, Ruth; Moncunill, Gemma; Dobaño, Carlota; Tonne, Cathryn (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 2021)
    Background: emerging evidence links ambient air pollution with coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) disease, an association that is methodologically challenging to investigate. Objectives: we examined the association between long-term ...
  • Association between early life exposure to air pollution and working memory and attention
    Rivas, Ioar; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Cirach, Marta; López Vicente, Mònica, 1988-; Suades González, Elisabet; García Esteban, Raquel; Álvarez Pedrerol, Mar; Dadvand, Payam; Sunyer Deu, Jordi (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 2019)
    Background: Although previous studies have reported negative associations between exposure to air pollution and cognition, studies of the effects of prenatal and postnatal exposures in early childhood have been limited. ...
  • Association between traffic-related air pollution in schools and cognitive development in primary school children: a prospective cohort study
    Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Esnaola, Mikel; Álvarez Pedrerol, Mar; Forns i Guzman, Joan, 1981-; Rivas, Ioar; López Vicente, Mònica, 1988-; Suades González, Elisabet; Foraster Pulido, Maria, 1984-; García Esteban, Raquel; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Viana, Maria Carmen; Cirach, Marta; Moreno, Teresa; Alastuey, Andrés; Sebastián Gallés, Núria; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Querol, Xavier (Public Library of Science, 2015)
    Air pollution is a suspected developmental neurotoxicant. Many schools are located in close proximity to busy roads, and traffic air pollution peaks when children are at school. We aimed to assess whether exposure of ...
  • Association of residential air pollution, noise, and greenspace with initial ischemic stroke severity
    Vivanco Hidalgo, Rosa María; Avellaneda Gómez, Carla; Dadvand, Payam; Cirach, Marta; Ois Santiago, Angel Javier; Gómez González, Alejandra; Rodríguez-Campello, Ana; Ceballos, Pablo de; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Zabalza, Ana; Cuadrado-Godia, Elisa; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Roquer, Jaume; Wellenius, Gregory A. (Elsevier, 2019)
    BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: A number of environmental risk factors of acute ischemic stroke have been identified, but few studies have evaluated the influence of the outdoor environment on stroke severity. We assessed the ...
  • Associations between green/blue spaces and mental health across 18 countries
    White, Mathew P.; Elliott, Lewis R.; Grellier, James; Economou, Theo; Bell, Simon; Bratman, Gregory N.; Cirach, Marta; Gascon Merlos, Mireia, 1984-; Lima, Maria L.; Lõhmus, Mare; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Ojala, Ann; Roiko, Anne; Schultz, P. Wesley; van den Bosch, Matilda A.; Fleming, Lora E. (Nature Research, 2021)
    Living near, recreating in, and feeling psychologically connected to, the natural world are all associated with better mental health, but many exposure-related questions remain. Using data from an 18-country survey (n = ...
  • Brain correlates of urban environmental exposures in cognitively unimpaired individuals at increased risk for Alzheimer's disease: A study on Barcelona's population
    Falcón, Carles; Gascon Merlos, Mireia, 1984-; Molinuevo, José Luis; Operto, Grégory; Cirach, Marta; Gotsens, Xavier; Fauria, Karine; Arenaza Urquijo, Eider M.; Pujol Martí, Jesús, 1981-; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Gispert López, Juan Domingo; Crous-Bou, Marta; ALFA Study (Wiley, 2021)
    Introduction: Urban environmental exposures might contribute to the incidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Our aim was to identify structural brain imaging correlates of urban environmental exposures in cognitively unimpaired ...
  • Changing the urban design of cities for health: The superblock model
    Mueller, Natalie, 1988-; Rojas Rueda, David, 1979-; Khreis, Haneen; Cirach, Marta; Andrés, David; Ballester, Joan; Bartoll, Xavier; Daher, Carolyn; Deluca, Anna; Echave, Cynthia; Milà, Carles; Márquez, Sandra; Palou, Joan; Pérez, Katherine; Tonne, Cathryn; Stevenson, Mark; Rueda, Salvador; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. (Elsevier, 2020)
    Background: Car-dependent city planning has resulted in high levels of environmental pollution, sedentary lifestyles and increased vulnerability to the effects of climate change. The Barcelona Superblock model is an ...
  • Dog ownership, the natural outdoor environment and health: a cross-sectional study
    Zijlema, Wilma; Christian, Hayley; Triguero Mas, Margarita, 1985-; Cirach, Marta; Berg, Magdalena van den; Maas, Jolanda; Gidlow, Christopher J.; Kruize, Hanneke; Wendel-Vos, Wanda; Andrušaitytė, Sandra; Grazuleviciene, Regina; Litt, Jill; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2019)
    Objectives: Dog owners walking their dog in natural outdoor environments (NOE) may benefit from the physical activity facilitated by dog walking and from time spent in nature. However, it is unclear whether dog owners ...
  • Early life exposure to air pollution, green spaces and built environment, and body mass index growth trajectories during the first 5 years of life: A large longitudinal study
    Bont, Jeroen de; Hughes, Rachael; Tilling, Kate; Díaz, Yesika; de Castro, Montserrat; Cirach, Marta; Fossati, Serena; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Duarte Salles, Talita, 1985-; Vrijheid, Martine (Elsevier, 2020)
    Urban environments are characterized by multiple exposures that may influence body mass index (BMI) growth in early life. Previous studies are few, with inconsistent results and no evaluation of simultaneous exposures. ...
  • Effects of prenatal exposure to particulate matter air pollution on corpus callosum and behavioral problems in children
    Mortamais, Marion; Pujol Martí, Jesús, 1981-; Martínez-Vilavella, Gerard; Fenoll, Raquel; Reynes, Christelle; Sabatier, Robert; Rivas, Ioar; Forns i Guzman, Joan, 1981-; Vilor Tejedor, Natàlia, 1988-; Alemany, Silvia; Cirach, Marta; Alvarez, Mar; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Sunyer Deu, Jordi (Elsevier, 2019)
    Objective: Air pollution (AP) may affect neurodevelopment, but studies about the effects of AP on the growing human brain are still scarce. We aimed to investigate the effects of prenatal exposure to AP on lateral ventricles ...
  • Elemental Constituents of Particulate Matter and Newborn's Size in Eight European Cohorts.
    Pedersen, Marie; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Cirach, Marta; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Kogevinas, Manolis; Slama, Rémy (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 2016)
    BACKGROUND: The health effects of suspended particulate matter (PM) may depend on its chemical composition. Associations between maternal exposure to chemical constituents of PM and newborn's size have been little examined. ...
  • Environmental, dietary, maternal, and fetal predictors of bulky DNA adducts in cord blood: a European mother-child study (NewGeneris)
    Pedersen, Marie; Mendez, Michelle A.; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Villanueva Belmonte, Cristina; Gracia Lavedan, Esther; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Cirach, Marta; Agramunt, Silvia; Kogevinas, Manolis (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2015)
    BACKGROUND: Bulky DNA adducts reflect genotoxic exposures, have been associated with lower birth weight, and may predict cancer risk. OBJECTIVE: We selected factors known or hypothesized to affect in utero adduct formation ...
  • Exploring mechanisms underlying the relationship between the natural outdoor environment and health and well-being - Results from the PHENOTYPE project
    Kruize, Hanneke; van Kamp, Irene; Berg, Magdalena van den; Kempen, Elise van; Wendel-Vos, Wanda; Ruijsbroek, Annemarie; Swart, Wim; Maas, Jolanda; Gidlow, Christopher J.; Smith, Graham; Ellis, Naomi; Hurst, Gemma; Masterson, Daniel; Triguero Mas, Margarita, 1985-; Cirach, Marta; Gražulevičienė, Regina; Hazel, Peter van den; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. (Elsevier, 2020)
    Background: Despite the large number of studies on beneficial effects of the natural outdoor environment (NOE) on health, the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. Objective: This study explored the relations ...
  • Green space and mortality in European cities: a health impact assessment study
    Pereira Barboza, Evelise; Cirach, Marta; Khomenko, Sasha; Iungman, Tamara; Mueller, Natalie, 1988-; Barrera Gómez, Jose; Rojas Rueda, David, 1979-; Kondo, Michelle C.; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. (Elsevier, 2021)
    Background: Natural outdoor environments including green spaces play an important role in preserving population health and wellbeing in cities, but the number of deaths that could be prevented by increasing green space in ...
  • Green spaces and general health: roles of mental health status, social support, and physical activity
    Dadvand, Payam; Bartoll, Xavier; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Dalmau Bueno, Albert; Martínez Muriano, David; Ambros, Albert; Cirach, Marta; Triguero Mas, Margarita, 1985-; Gascon Merlos, Mireia, 1984-; Borrell i Thió, Carme; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. (Elsevier, 2016)
    Green spaces are associated with improved health, but little is known about mechanisms underlying such association. We aimed to assess the association between greenness exposure and subjective general health (SGH) and to ...