Browsing by Author "de Castro, Montserrat"

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  • Associations of residential greenspace exposure and fetal growth across four areas in Spain
    Torres Toda, Maria; Estarlich, Marisa; Ballester Díez, Ferran; de Castro, Montserrat; Fernández-Somoano, Ana; Ibarluzea, Jesús; Iñiguez, Carmen; Lertxundi, Aitana; Subiza-Pérez, Mikel; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Tardón, Adonina; Foraster Pulido, Maria, 1984-; Dadvand, Payam (Elsevier, 2022)
    An accumulating body of evidence has associated exposure to greenspace with improved birth outcomes, including higher birth weight and lower risk of low birth weight; however, evidence on such association with in-utero ...
  • 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. ...
  • Early life multiple exposures and child cognitive function: A multi-centric birth cohort study in six European countries
    Julvez, Jordi; López Vicente, Mònica, 1988-; Warembourg, Charline; Maitre, Léa; Philippat, Claire; Gützkow, Kristine B.; Guxens Junyent, Mònica; Evandt, Jorunn; Andrušaitytė, Sandra; Burgaleta Díaz, Miguel, 1981-; Casas Sanahuja, Maribel; Chatzi, Leda; de Castro, Montserrat; Donaire González, David; Gražulevičienė, Regina; Hernandez-Ferrer, Carles, 1987-; Heude, Barbara; McEachan, Rosie; Mon-Williams, Mark; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Robinson, Oliver; Sakhi, Amrit Kaur; Sebastián Gallés, Núria; Slama, Rémy; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Tamayo-Uria, Ibon; Thomsen, Cathrine; Urquiza, José M.; Vafeiadi, Marina, 1983-; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Vrijheid, Martine (Elsevier, 2021)
    Epidemiological studies mostly focus on single environmental exposures. This study aims to systematically assess associations between a wide range of prenatal and childhood environmental exposures and cognition. The study ...
  • Early-life environmental exposure determinants of child behavior in Europe: A longitudinal, population-based study
    Maitre, Léa; Júlvez Calvo, Jordi; López Vicente, Mònica, 1988-; Warembourg, Charline; Tamayo-Uria, Ibon; Guxens Junyent, Mònica; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Casas Sanahuja, Maribel; de Castro, Montserrat; González, Juan Ramón; Hernandez-Ferrer, Carles, 1987-; Marquez, Sandra; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Urquiza, José M.; Vrijheid, Martine (Elsevier, 2021)
    Background: Environmental exposures in early life influence the development of behavioral outcomes in children, but research has not considered multiple exposures. We therefore aimed to investigate the impact of a broad ...
  • Early-life environmental exposures and childhood obesity: an exposome-wide approach
    Vrijheid, Martine; Fossati, Serena; Maitre, Léa; Márquez, Sandra; Casas Sanahuja, Maribel; de Castro, Montserrat; Donaire González, David; Robinson, Oliver; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Tamayo-Uria, Ibon; Urquiza, José M.; Valentín, Antònia; Warembourg, Charline; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Chatzi, Leda (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2020)
    Background: Chemical and nonchemical environmental exposures are increasingly suspected to influence the development of obesity, especially during early life, but studies mostly consider single exposure groups. Objectives: ...
  • Early-life exposome and lung function in children in Europe: an analysis of data from the longitudinal, population-based HELIX cohort
    Agier, Lydiane; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Maitre, Léa; Casas Sanahuja, Maribel; de Castro, Montserrat; Donaire González, David; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Robinson, Oliver; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Tamayo-Uria, Ibon; Urquiza, José M.; Valentín, Antònia; Vrijheid, Martine; Siroux, Valérie (Elsevier, 2019)
    Background: Several single-exposure studies have documented possible effects of environmental factors on lung function, but none has relied on an exposome approach. We aimed to evaluate the association between a broad range ...
  • Effects of residential greenness on attention in a longitudinal study at 8 and 11-13 years
    Anabitarte Riol, Asier; Ibarluzea, Jesús; García-Baquero, Gonzalo; Santa Marina, Loreto; Fernández-Somoano, Ana; Tardón, Adonina; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; de Castro, Montserrat; Dadvand, Payam; Lertxundi, Aitana (Elsevier, 2022)
    In an urbanizing world, with 55% of the population living in cities, it is essential to design friendly and healthy ones. An emerging body of evidence has associated greenspace exposure with improved cognitive development, ...
  • Exposure to natural environments during pregnancy and birth outcomes in 11 European birth cohorts
    Torres Roda, Maria; Fossati, Serena; de Castro, Montserrat; Fernandes, Amanda; Roumeliotaki, Theano; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Vafeiadi, Marina, 1983-; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Vrijheid, Martine; Foraster Pulido, Maria, 1984-; Dadvand, Payam (Elsevier, 2022)
    Research suggests that maternal exposure to natural environments (i.e., green and blue spaces) promotes healthy fetal growth. However, the available evidence is heterogeneous across regions, with very few studies on the ...
  • Human Early Life Exposome (HELIX) study: a European population-based exposome cohort
    Maitre, Léa; De Bont, Jeroen, 1989-; Casas Sanahuja, Maribel; Robinson, Oliver; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Borràs, Eva; Bustamante Pineda, Mariona; de Castro, Montserrat; Donaire González, David; Estivill, Xavier, 1955-; Fossati, Serena; González, Juan Ramón; Hernández-Ferrer, Carles; Júlvez Calvo, Jordi; Manzano Salgado, Cyntia Beatriz, 1987-; Sabidó Aguadé, Eduard, 1981-; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Tamayo-Uria, Ibon; Urquiza, José M.; van Gent, Diana; Vives Usano, Marta, 1990-; Warembourg, Charline; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Vrijheid, Martine (BMJ Publishing Group, 2018)
    PURPOSE: Essential to exposome research is the collection of data on many environmental exposures from different domains in the same subjects. The aim of the Human Early Life Exposome (HELIX) study was to measure and ...
  • Impact of commuting exposure to traffic-related air pollution on cognitive development in children walking to school
    Álvarez Pedrerol, Mar; Rivas, Ioar; López Vicente, Mònica, 1988-; Suades González, Elisabet; Donaire González, David; Cirach, Marta; de Castro, Montserrat; Esnaola, Mikel; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Dadvand, Payam; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Sunyer Deu, Jordi (Elsevier, 2017)
    A few studies have found associations between the exposure to traffic-related air pollution at school and/or home and cognitive development. The impact on cognitive development of the exposure to air pollutants during ...
  • Influence of the urban exposome on birth weight
    Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Urquiza, José M.; Maitre, Léa; de Castro, Montserrat; Valentín, Antònia; Donaire González, David; Dadvand, Payam; Vrijheid, Martine; Slama, Rémy (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2019)
    Background: The exposome is defined as the totality of environmental exposures from conception onwards. It calls for providing a holistic view of environmental exposures and their effects on human health by evaluating ...
  • Multiple environmental exposures in early-life and allergy-related outcomes in childhood
    Granum, Berit; Casas Sanahuja, Maribel; Warembourg, Charline; de Castro, Montserrat; Donaire González, David; Maitre, Léa; Robinson, Oliver; Tamayo-Uria, Ibon; Urquiza, José M.; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Vrijheid, Martine (Elsevier, 2020)
    Introduction: Early onset and high prevalence of allergic diseases result in high individual and socio-economic burdens. Several studies provide evidence for possible effects of environmental factors on allergic diseases, ...
  • Prenatal and childhood exposure to air pollution and traffic and the risk of liver injury in European children
    Garcia, Erika; Maitre, Léa; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Casas Sanahuja, Maribel; de Castro, Montserrat; Fossati, Serena; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Urquiza, José M.; Vrijheid, Martine; Chatzi, Leda (Wolters Kluwer (LWW), 2021)
    Background: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is the most prevalent pediatric chronic liver disease. Experimental studies suggest effects of air pollution and traffic exposure on liver injury. We present the first large-scale ...
  • Prenatal and childhood traffic-related air pollution exposure and telomere length in european children: The HELIX Project
    Clemente Batalha Pardal, Diana, 1990-; Vrijheid, Martine; Martens, Dries S.; Bustamante Pineda, Mariona; Chatzi, Leda; Danileviciute, Asta; de Castro, Montserrat; Gražulevičienė, Regina; Gutzkow, Kristine B.; Lepeule, Johanna; Maitre, Léa; McEachan, Rosemary R.C.; Robinson, Oliver; Schwarze, Per E.; Tamayo-Uria, Ibon; Vafeiadi, Marina, 1983-; Wright, John; Slama, Rémy; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Nawrot, Tim S. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2019)
    Background: Telomere length is a molecular marker of biological aging. Objective: Here we investigated whether early-life exposure to residential air pollution was associated with leukocyte telomere length (LTL) at 8 y of ...
  • Short- and medium-term air pollution exposure, plasmatic protein levels and blood pressure in children
    de Prado-Bert, Paula; Warembourg, Charline; Borràs, Eva; Sabidó Aguadé, Eduard, 1981-; Urquiza, José M.; Maitre, Léa; Casas Sanahuja, Maribel; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; de Castro, Montserrat; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Vrijheid, Martine; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Bustamante Pineda, Mariona (Elsevier, 2022)
    Exposure to air pollution influences children's health, however, the biological mechanisms underlying these effects are not completely elucidated. We investigated the association between short- and medium-term outdoor air ...
  • Spatiotemporally resolved black carbon concentration, schoolchildren's exposure and dose in Barcelona
    Rivas, Ioar; Donaire González, David; Bouso, Laura; Esnaola, Mikel; Pandolfi, Marco; de Castro, Montserrat; Viana, Maria Carmen; Álvarez Pedrerol, Mar; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Alastuey, Andrés; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Querol, Xavier (Wiley, 2016)
    At city level, personal monitoring is the best way to assess people's exposure. However, it is usually estimated from a few monitoring stations. Our aim was to determine the exposure to black carbon (BC) and BC dose for ...
  • The early-life exposome: Description and patterns in six European countries
    Tamayo-Uria, Ibon; Maitre, Léa; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Casas Sanahuja, Maribel; de Castro, Montserrat; Robinson, Oliver; Urquiza, José M.; Warembourg, Charline; Vrijheid, Martine; Basagaña Flores, Xavier (Elsevier, 2019)
    Characterization of the "exposome", the set of all environmental factors that one is exposed to from conception onwards, has been advocated to better understand the role of environmental factors on chronic diseases. Here, ...
  • The urban exposome during pregnancy and its socioeconomic determinants
    Robinson, Oriol; Tamayo-Uria, Ibon; de Castro, Montserrat; Valentín, Antònia; Ambros, Albert; Cirach, Marta; Donaire González, David; Maitre, Léa; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Urquiza, José M.; Vrijheid, Martine; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Basagaña Flores, Xavier (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2018)
    Background: The urban exposome is the set of environmental factors that are experienced in the outdoor urban environment and that may influence child development. Objective: The authors’ goal was to describe the urban ...
  • Urban environment and health behaviours in children from six European countries
    Fernández-Barrés, Sílvia; Fossati, Serena; Márquez, Sandra; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Bont, Jeroen de; de Castro, Montserrat; Maitre, Léa; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Romaguera Bosch, Dora; Urquiza, José M.; Chatzi, Leda; Vrijheid, Martine (Elsevier, 2022)
    Background: Urban environmental design is increasingly considered influential for health and wellbeing, but evidence is mostly based on adults and single exposure studies. We evaluated the association between a wide range ...
  • Urban environment and obesity and weight-related behaviours in primary school children
    De Bont, Jeroen, 1989-; Márquez, Sandra; Fernández-Barrés, Sílvia; Warembourg, Charline; Koch, Sarah; Persavento, Cecilia; Fochs, Silvia; Pey, Núria; de Castro, Montserrat; Fossati, Serena; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Casas Sanahuja, Maribel; Duarte Salles, Talita, 1985-; Vrijheid, Martine (Elsevier, 2021)
    Background: Urban environments are characterised by many factors that may influence children's lifestyle and increase the risk of childhood obesity, but multiple urban exposures have scarcely been studied. Objective: We ...