Browsing by Author "O'Callaghan Gordo, Cristina"

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  • Blood lead levels in indigenous peoples living close to oil extraction areas in the Peruvian Amazon
    O'Callaghan Gordo, Cristina; Rosales, Jaime; Lizárraga, Pilar; Barclay Rey de Castro, Frederica; Okamoto, Tami; Papoulias, Diana M.; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Orta-Martínez, Martí; Kogevinas, Manolis; Astete, John (Elsevier, 2021)
    Background: High blood lead levels (BLLs) have been previously reported in indigenous people living in communities in the northern Peruvian Amazon. Oil extraction activities have been conducted in the area since the 1970s ...
  • CKD of unknown cause: A global epidemic?
    Pearce, Neil E.; Caplin, Ben; Gunawardena, Nalika; Kaur, Prabhdeep; O'Callaghan Gordo, Cristina; Ruwanpathirana, Thilanga (Elsevier, 2018)
  • Climate trends at a hotspot of chronic kidney disease of unknown causes in Nicaragua, 1973-2014
    Petropoulos, Zoe E.; Ramirez Rubio, Oriana; Scammell, Madeleine K.; Laws, Rebecca L.; Lopez-Pilarte, Damaris; Amador, Juan José; Ballester, Joan; O'Callaghan Gordo, Cristina; Brooks, Daniel R. (MDPI, 2021)
    An ongoing epidemic of chronic kidney disease of uncertain etiology (CKDu) afflicts large parts of Central America and is hypothesized to be linked to heat stress at work. Mortality rates from CKDu appear to have increased ...
  • COVID-19: The disease of the Anthropocene
    O'Callaghan Gordo, Cristina; Antó i Boqué, Josep Maria (Elsevier, 2020)
  • Green spaces, excess weight and obesity in Spain
    O'Callaghan Gordo, Cristina; Espinosa, Aina; Valentin, Antonia; Tonne, Cathryn; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Cirach, Marta; Bustamante Pineda, Mariona; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Kogevinas, Manolis (Elsevier, 2020)
    Background: The epidemiological evidence on green spaces and obesity is inconsistent. Objectives: To study the association of access to green spaces and surrounding greenness with obesity in Spain. Methods: We enrolled ...
  • Infection induced SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and heterogeneity of antibody responses in a general population cohort study in Catalonia Spain
    Karachaliou, Marianna; Moncunill, Gemma; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Jiménez, Alfons; Vidal, Marta; Santano, Rebeca; Barrios, Diana; Jiménez, Alfons; Puyol, Laura; Mayer, Leonie; Rubio, Rocío; O'Callaghan Gordo, Cristina; Fossati, Serena; Rivas, Ioar; Vrijheid, Martine; Izquierdo, Luis; Aguilar, Ruth; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; García Aymerich, Judith; Dobaño, Carlota; Kogevinas, Manolis (Nature Research, 2021)
    Sparse data exist on the complex natural immunity to SARS-CoV-2 at the population level. We applied a well-validated multiplex serology test in 5000 participants of a general population study in Catalonia in blood samples ...
  • Oil extraction in the Amazon basin and exposure to metals in indigenous populations
    O'Callaghan Gordo, Cristina; Flores, Juan A.; Lizárraga, Pilar; Okamoto, Tami; Papoulias, Diana M.; Barclay Rey de Castro, Frederica; Orta-Martínez, Martí; Kogevinas, Manolis; Astete, John (Elsevier, 2018)
    Most oil extraction areas in the Peruvian Amazon are within indigenous territories. Poor environmental practices have exposed the indigenous population to metals. We conducted a survey in two indigenous Kukama communities ...
  • Prevalence of and risk factors for chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology in India: secondary data analysis of three population-based cross-sectional studies
    O'Callaghan Gordo, Cristina; Shivashankar, Roopa; Anand, Schuchi; Ghosh, Shreeparna; Glaser, Jason; Gupta, Ruby; Jakobsson, Kristina; Kondal, Dimple; Krishnan, Anand; Mohan, Sailesh; Mohan, Viswanathan; Nitsch, Dorothea; Praveen, P. A.; Tandon, Nikhil; Narayan, K. M. Venkat; Pearce, Neil E.; Caplin, Ben; Prabhakaran, Dorairaj (BMJ Publishing Group, 2019)
    Objectives: To assess whether chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology (CKDu) is present in India and to identify risk factors for it using population-based data and standardised methods. Design: Secondary data analysis ...
  • Rationale and population-based prospective cohort protocol for the disadvantaged populations at risk of decline in eGFR (CO-DEGREE)
    González Quiroz, Marvin; Nitsch, Dorothea; Hamilton, Sophie; O'Callaghan Gordo, Cristina; Saran, Rajiv; Glaser, Jason; Correa Rotter, Ricardo; Jakobsson, Kristina; Singh, Ajay; Gunawardena, Nalika; Levin, Adeera; Remuzzi, Giuseppe; Caplin, Ben; Pearce, Neil E.; DEGREE Study Steering Committee (BMJ Publishing Group, 2019)
    Introduction: A recently recognised form of chronic kidney disease (CKD) of unknown origin (CKDu) is afflicting communities, mostly in rural areas in several regions of the world. Prevalence studies are being conducted in ...
  • Residential proximity to green spaces and breast cancer risk: The multicase-control study in Spain (MCC-Spain)
    O'Callaghan Gordo, Cristina; Kogevinas, Manolis; Cirach, Marta; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Gràcia Lavedan, Esther; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Valentín, Antònia; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. (Elsevier, 2018)
    Background: Breast cancer is the main cause of cancer mortality among women. Green spaces have been recently associated with reduced cancer mortality among women. Mechanisms explaining the beneficial effect of green spaces ...
  • Responding to the need of postgraduate education for Planetary Health: Development of an online Master's Degree
    O'Callaghan Gordo, Cristina; Moreno, Ariadna; Dadvand, Payam; Faerron Guzmán, Carlos A.; Gascon Merlos, Mireia, 1984-; Jordana, Jacint; Tonne, Cathryn; Triguero Mas, Margarita, 1985-; Zografos, Christos; Antó i Boqué, Josep Maria (Frontiers, 2022)
    Planetary Health has emerged as a new approach to respond to the existential risks that the clime and global environmental crises pose to human societies. As stated by various stakeholders, the challenges involved in ...
  • Social mobility and healthy behaviours from a gender perspective in the Spanish multicase-control study (MCC-Spain)
    Pinto Carbó, Marina; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; O'Callaghan Gordo, Cristina; Gràcia Lavedan, Esther; Kogevinas, Manolis; Salas, D. (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021)
    There is evidence for the influence of socioeconomic status (SES) on healthy behaviours but the effect of social mobility (SM) is not yet well known. This study aims to analyse the influence of origin and destination SES ...
  • Validation of self-reported perception of proximity to industrial facilities: MCC-Spain study
    Castelló, Adela; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; O'Callaghan Gordo, Cristina; Kogevinas, Manolis; García-Pérez, Javier (Elsevier, 2020)
    Background: Self-reported data about environmental exposures can lead to measurement error. Objectives: To validate the self-reported perception of proximity to industrial facilities. Methods: MCC-Spain is a population-based ...