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  • Toward a regulatory qualification of real-world mobility performance biomarkers in parkinson's patients using digital mobility outcomes
    Viceconti, Marco; Hernández Penna, Sabina; Dartee, Wilhelmus; Mazzà, Claudia; Caulfield, Brian; Becker, Clemens; Maetzler, Walter; García Aymerich, Judith; Davico, Giorgio; Rochester, Lynn (MDPI, 2020)
    Wearable inertial sensors can be used to monitor mobility in real-world settings over extended periods. Although these technologies are widely used in human movement research, they have not yet been qualified by drug ...
  • Tracking progress on health and climate change in Europe
    Romanello, Marina; Daalen, Kim van; Antó i Boqué, Josep Maria; Dasandi, Niheer; Drummond, Paul; Hamilton, Ian G.; Jankin, Slava; Kendrovski, Vladimir; Lowe, Rachel; Rocklöv, Joacim; Schmoll, Oliver; Semenza, Jan C.; Tonne, Cathryn; Nilsson, Maria (Elsevier, 2021)
    Left unabated, climate change will have catastrophic effects on the health of present and future generations. Such effects are already seen in Europe, through more frequent and severe extreme weather events, alterations ...
  • Traffic pollution exposure is associated with altered brain connectivity in school children.
    Pujol Martí, Jesús, 1981-; Martínez-Vilavella, Gerard; Macià, Dídac; Fenoll, Raquel; Álvarez Pedrerol, Mar; Rivas, Ioar; Forns i Guzman, Joan, 1981-; Blanco Hinojo, Laura, 1981-; Capellades Font, Jaume; Querol, Xavier; Deus, Joan; Sunyer Deu, Jordi (Elsevier, 2016)
    Children are more vulnerable to the effects of environmental elements due to their active developmental processes. Exposure to urban air pollution has been associated with poorer cognitive performance, which is thought to ...
  • Traffic related air pollution and the burden of childhood asthma in the contiguous United States in 2000 and 2010
    Alotaibi, Raed; Bechle, Mathew; Marshall, Julian D.; Ramani, Tara; Zietsman, Josias; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Khreis, Haneen (Elsevier, 2019)
    Background: Asthma is one of the leading chronic airway diseases among children in the United States (US). Emerging evidence indicates that Traffic Related Air Pollution (TRAP), as opposed to ambient air pollution, leads ...
  • Traffic-related air pollution and attention in primary school children: short-term association
    Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Suades González, Elisabet; García Esteban, Raquel; Rivas, Ioar; Pujol, Jesús; Álvarez Pedrerol, Mar; Forns i Guzman, Joan, 1981-; Querol, Xavier; Basagaña Flores, Xavier (Wolters Kluwer Health, 2017)
    BACKGROUND: Although air pollution's short-term effects are well understood to be marked and preventable, its acute neuropsychological effects have, to our knowledge, not yet been studied. We aim to examine the association ...
  • Traffic-related air pollution and childhood asthma: recent advances and remaining gaps in the exposure assessment methods
    Khreis, Haneen; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. (MDPI, 2017)
    Background: Current levels of traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) are associated with the development of childhood asthma, although some inconsistencies and heterogeneity remain. An important part of the uncertainty in ...
  • Traffic-related air pollution and congenital anomalies in Barcelona
    Schembari, Anna, 1982-; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Salvador, Joaquin; De Nazelle, Audrey; Cirach, Marta; Dadvand, Payam; Beelen, Rob; Hoek, Gerard; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Vrijheid, Martine (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2014)
    BACKGROUND: A recent meta-analysis suggested evidence for an effect of exposure to ambient air pollutants on risk of certain congenital heart defects. However, few studies have investigated the effects of traffic-related ...
  • Traffic-related air pollution and spectacles use in schoolchildren
    Dadvand, Payam; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Álvarez Pedrerol, Mar; Dalmau Bueno, Albert; Cirach, Marta; Rivas, Ioar; Brunekreef, Bert; Querol, Xavier; Morgan, Ian G.; Sunyer Deu, Jordi (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017)
    Purpose: To investigate the association between exposure to traffic-related air pollution and use of spectacles (as a surrogate measure for myopia) in schoolchildren. Methods: We analyzed the impact of exposure to NO2 and ...
  • Traffic-related air pollution and the local burden of childhood asthma in Bradford, UK
    Khreis, Haneen; Ramani, Tara; de Hoogh, Kees; Mueller, Natalie, 1988-; Rojas Rueda, David, 1979-; Zietsman, Joe; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. (Elsevier, 2019)
    Background: Asthma is the most common chronic disease in children. Traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) may be an important exposure contributing to its development. In the UK, Bradford is a deprived city suffering from ...
  • Traffic-related air pollution, APOEε4 status, and neurodevelopmental outcomes among school children enrolled in the BREATHE project (Catalonia, Spain)
    Alemany, Silvia; Vilor Tejedor, Natàlia, 1988-; García Esteban, Raquel; Bustamante Pineda, Mariona; Dadvand, Payam; Esnaola, Mikel; Mortamais, Marion; Forns i Guzman, Joan, 1981-; van Drooge, Barend L.; Álvarez Pedrerol, Mar; Grimalt Obrador, Joan; Rivas, Ioar; Querol, Xavier; Pujol Martí, Jesús, 1981-; Sunyer Deu, Jordi (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 2018)
    BACKGROUND: Traffic-related air pollution is emerging as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and impaired brain development. Individual differences in vulnerability to air pollution may involve the ε4 allele of ...
  • Traffic-related air pollution, noise at school, and behavioral problems in Barcelona schoolchildren: a cross-sectional study.
    Forns i Guzman, Joan, 1981-; Dadvand, Payam; Foraster Pulido, Maria, 1984-; Álvarez Pedrerol, Mar; Rivas, Ioar; López Vicente, Mònica, 1988-; Suades González, Elisabet; García Esteban, Raquel; Esnaola, Mikel; Cirach, Marta; Grellier, James; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Querol, Xavier; Guxens Junyent, Mònica; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Sunyer Deu, Jordi (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2016)
    BACKGROUND: The available evidence of the effects of air pollution and noise on behavioral development is limited, and it overlooks exposure at schools, where children spend a considerable amount of time. OBJECTIVE: We ...
  • Traffic-related air pollution, oxidative stress genes, and asthma (ECHRS)
    Castro Giner, Francesc; Künzli, Nino; Jacquemin Leonard, Bénédicte; Forsberg, Bertil; Cid Ibeas, Rafael de; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Jarvis, Deborah; Briggs, David; Vienneau, Danielle; Norbäck, Dan; Gonzalez, Juan Ramon; Guerra, Stefano; Janson, Christer; Antó i Boqué, Josep Maria; Wjst, Matthias; Heinrich, Joachim; Estivill, Xavier, 1955-; Kogevinas, Manolis (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 2009)
    BACKGROUND: Traffic-related air pollution is related with asthma, and this association may be modified by genetic factors. OBJECTIVES: We investigated the role of genetic polymorphisms potentially modifying the association ...
  • Trajectory analyses in insurance medicine studies: Examples and key methodological aspects and pitfalls
    Serra, Laura; Farrants, Kristin; Alexanderson, Kristina; Ubalde López, Mònica, 1972-; Lallukka, Tea (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022)
    Background: Trajectory analyses are being increasingly used in efforts to increase understanding about the heterogeneity in the development of different longitudinal outcomes such as sickness absence, use of medication, ...
  • Trans-ancestral genome-wide association study of longitudinal pubertal height growth and shared heritability with adult health outcomes
    Bradfield, Jonathan P.; Fernández-Orth, Dietmar; Bustamante Pineda, Mariona; Guxens Junyent, Mònica; Cousminer, Diana L. (BioMed Central, 2024)
    Background: Pubertal growth patterns correlate with future health outcomes. However, the genetic mechanisms mediating growth trajectories remain largely unknown. Here, we modeled longitudinal height growth with Super-Imposition ...
  • Trans-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of prostate cancer identifies new susceptibility loci and informs genetic risk prediction
    Conti, David V.; Kogevinas, Manolis; Haiman, Christopher A. (Nature Research, 2021)
    Prostate cancer is a highly heritable disease with large disparities in incidence rates across ancestry populations. We conducted a multiancestry meta-analysis of prostate cancer genome-wide.
  • Transient receptor potential genes, smoking, occupational exposures and cough in adults
    Smit, Lidwien AM; Kogevinas, Manolis; Antó i Boqué, Josep Maria; Bouzigon, Emmanuelle; González Ruiz, Juan Ramón; Moual, Nicole Le; Kromhout, Hans; Carsin, Anne-Elie; Pin, Isabelle; Jarvis, Deborah; Vermeulen, Roel; Janson, Christer; Heinrich, Joachim; Gut, Ivo Glynne; Lathrop, Mark; Valverde, M. A. (Miguel Ángel), 1963-; Demenais, Florence; Kauffmann, Francine (BioMed Central, 2012)
    Background: Transient receptor potential (TRP) vanilloid and ankyrin cation channels are activated by various noxious chemicals and may play an important role in the pathogenesis of cough. The aim was to study the influence ...
  • Transport and health: a marriage of convenience or an absolute necessity
    Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Khreis, Haneen; Verlinghieri, Ersilia; Rojas Rueda, David, 1979- (Elsevier, 2016)
    BACKGROUND: The recent diesel scandal has again highlighted the impact that the transport sector can have on public health. AIM: To describe the current impact of transport planning on public health. RESULT: Transport is ...
  • Treatment of allergic rhinitis during and outside the pollen season using mobile technology. A MASK study
    Bédard, Annabelle, 1986-; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Antó i Boqué, Josep Maria; García Aymerich, Judith; MASK study group (BioMed Central, 2020)
    Background: The analysis of mobile health (mHealth) data has generated innovative insights into improving allergic rhinitis control, but additive information is needed. A cross-sectional real-world observational study was ...
  • Trends and patterns in the use of computed tomography in children and young adults in Catalonia - results from the EPI-CT study.
    Bosch de Basea i Gómez, Magda, 1982-; Salotti, Jane A.; Pearce, Mark S.; Muchart, Jordi; Riera, Luis; Barber, Ignasi; Pedraza, Salvador; Pardina, Marina; Capdevila, Antoni; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Cardis, Elisabeth (Springer, 2016)
    BACKGROUND: Although there are undeniable diagnostic benefits of CT scanning, its increasing use in paediatric radiology has become a topic of concern regarding patient radioprotection. OBJECTIVE: To assess the rate of CT ...
  • Trends in smoking initiation in Europe over 40 years: A retrospective cohort study
    Marcon, Alessandro; Pesce, Giancarlo; Calciano, Lucia; Bellisario, Valeria; Dharmage, Shyamali C.; García Aymerich, Judith; Gislason, Thorarinn; Heinrich, Joachim; Holm, Mathias; Janson, Christer; Jarvis, Deborah; Leynaert, Bénédicte; Matheson, Melanie C.; Pirina, Pietro; Svanes, Cecilie; Villani, Simona; Zuberbier, Torsten; Minelli, Cosetta; Accordini, Simone; Ageing Lungs In European Cohorts study (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018)
    BACKGROUND: Tobacco consumption is the largest avoidable health risk. Understanding changes of smoking over time and across populations is crucial to implementing health policies. We evaluated trends in smoking initiation ...

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