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  • Balcells Vilarnau, Eva, 1967-; Antó i Boqué, Josep Maria; Gea Guiral, Joaquim; Gómez, Federico P.; Rodríguez, Esther; Marin, Alicia; Ferrer, Antoni-Lluc, 1942-; De Batlle, Jordi; Farrero, Eva; Benet, Marta; Orozco Levi, Mauricio; Ferrer, Jaume; Agustí, Alvar; Gáldiz, Juan B.; Belda, José; García Aymerich, Judith (Elsevier, 2009)
    BACKGROUND: This study describes the characteristics of a large sample of patients hospitalised for the first time for a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation. METHODS: All subjects first admitted for ...
  • 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 ...
  • Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Martinez Murciano, David; Grellier, James; Bennett, James; Best, Nicky; Iszatt, Nina; Vrijheid, Martine; Toledano, Mireille B. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 2009)
    OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to review epidemiologic evidence, provide summary risk estimates of the association between exposure to chlorination disinfection by-products (DBPs) and congenital anomalies, and provide ...
  • Khachaturian, Zaven; Camí, Jordi, 1952-; Andrieu, Sandrine; Avila, Jesús; Boada, Mercè; Breteler, Monique; Froelich, Lutz; Gauthier, Serge; Gómez-Isla, Teresa; Khachaturian, Ara S.; Kuller, Lewis H.; Larson, Eric B.; Lopez, Oscar L.; Martinez-Lage, José Manuel; Petersen, Ronald C.; Schellenberg, Gerard D.; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Vellas, Bruno; Bain, Lisa J. (Elsevier, 2009)
    In recognition of the global problem posed by Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, an international think-tank meeting was convened by Biocat, the Pasqual Maragall Foundation, and the Lou Ruvo Brain Institute in February ...
  • Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Liao, Xiaomei; Spiegelman, Donna (Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2010)
    Existing study design formulas for longitudinal studies assume that the exposure is time invariant or that it varies in a manner that is controlled by design. However, in observational studies, the investigator does not ...
  • Voll-Aanerud, Marianne; Eagan, Thomas ML; Plana, Estel; Omenaas, Ernst R.; Bakke, Per S; Svanes, Cecilie; Siroux, Valérie; Pin, Isabelle; Antó i Boqué, Josep Maria; Leynaert, Bénédicte (BioMed Central, 2010)
    Background: Respiratory symptoms are common in the general population, and their presence is related to Health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The objective was to describe the association of respiratory symptoms with ...
  • Balcells Vilarnau, Eva, 1967-; Gea Guiral, Joaquim; Ferrer, Jaume; Serra, Ignasi; Orozco Levi, Mauricio; Batlle Garcia, Jordi de, 1981-; Rodríguez, Esther; Benet, Marta; Donaire González, David; Antó i Boqué, Josep Maria; García Aymerich, Judith; PAC-COPD Study Group (BioMed Central, 2010)
    Background: This study aims to (i) evaluate the association between anxiety and depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life (HRQoL); and (ii) identify the effect modifiers of this relationship in patients with ...
  • Rodríguez Santiago, Benjamín; Malats i Riera, Núria; Rothman, Nathaniel; Armengol i Dulcet, Lluís; García Closas, Montserrat; Kogevinas, Manolis; Villa, Olaya; Hutchinson, Amy; Earl, Julie; Marenne, Gaëlle; Jacobs, Kevin; Rico, Daniel; Tardón, Adonina; Carrato, Alfredo; Thomas, Gilles; Valencia, Alfonso; Silverman, Debra T.; Real, Francisco X.; Chanock, Stephen J.; Pérez Jurado, Luis Alberto (Elsevier, 2010)
    Mosaicism is defined as the coexistence of cells with different genetic composition within an individual, caused by postzygotic somatic mutation. Although somatic mosaicism for chromosomal abnormalities is a well-established ...
  • Güerri Fernández, Roberto; Gayete, Angel; Balcells Vilarnau, Eva, 1967-; Ramírez Sarmiento, Alba; Vollmer, Ivan; García Aymerich, Judith; Gea Guiral, Joaquim; Orozco Levi, Mauricio (Elsevier, 2010)
    BACKGROUND: The potential role of decreased respiratory muscle mass, if any, in mediating the susceptibility to exacerbation in COPD patients has not been determined. We hypothesized that a decrease in respiratory muscle ...
  • Benet, Marta; Varraso, Raphaëlle; Kauffmann, Francine; Romieu, Isabelle; Antó i Boqué, Josep Maria; Clavel Chapelon, Françoise; García Aymerich, Judith (Elsevier, 2011)
    BACKGROUND: Potential benefit of physical activity in asthma incidence is scarce and controversial. We aimed to assess the association between regular physical activity and adult-onset asthma. METHODS: We included 51,080 ...
  • González Ruiz, Juan Ramón; Rodríguez Santiago, Benjamín; Cáceres, Alejandro; Pique Regi, Roger; Rothman, Nathaniel; Chanock, Stephen J.; Armengol i Dulcet, Lluís; Pérez Jurado, Luis Alberto (BioMed Central, 2011)
    Background: Mosaicism for copy number and copy neutral chromosomal rearrangements has been recently identified as a relatively common source of genetic variation in the normal population. However its prevalence is poorly ...
  • Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Spiegelman, Donna (SAGE Publications, 2011)
    Existing study design formulas for longitudinal studies have assumed that the exposure is time-invariant. We derived sample size formulas for studies comparing rates of change by exposure when the exposure varies with time ...
  • Morales, Eva; Bustamante Pineda, Mariona; González Ruiz, Juan Ramón; Guxens Junyent, Mònica; Torrent Quetglas, Maties; Mendez, Michelle A.; García Esteban, Raquel; Júlvez Calvo, Jordi; Forns i Guzman, Joan, 1981-; Vrijheid, Martine; Molto Puigmarti, Carolina; López Sabater, M. Carmen; Estivill, Xavier, 1955-; Sunyer Deu, Jordi (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011)
    Introduction: Breastfeeding effects on cognition are attributed to long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs), but controversy persists. Genetic variation in fatty acid desaturase (FADS) and elongase (ELOVL) enzymes ...
  • Vrijheid, Martine; Martinez Murciano, David; Manzanares-Laya, Sandra; Dadvand, Payam; Schembari, Anna, 1982-; Rankin, Judith; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 2011)
    OBJECTIVE: We systematically reviewed epidemiologic studies on ambient air pollution and congenital anomalies and conducted meta-analyses for a number of air pollutant-anomaly combinations. DATA SOURCES AND EXTRACTION: ...
  • Bousquet, Jean; Antó i Boqué, Josep Maria; Auffray, Charles (BioMed Central, 2011)
    We propose an innovative, integrated, cost-effective health system to combat major non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including cardiovascular, chronic respiratory, metabolic, rheumatologic and neurologic disorders and ...
  • Gimeno Santos, Elena, 1980-; Frei, Anja; Dobbels, Fabienne; Rüdell, Katja; Puhan, Milo A.; García Aymerich, Judith; PROactive consortium (BioMed Central, 2011)
    Background: Guidance documents for the development and validation of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) advise the use of conceptual frameworks, which outline the structure of the concept that a PRO aims to measure. It is ...
  • Villanueva Belmonte, Cristina; Gracia Lavedan, Esther; Ibarluzea, Jesús; Marina, Loreto Santa; Ballester Díez, Ferran; Llop, Sabrina; Tardón, Adonina; Fernandez, Mariana F.; Freire, Carmen; Goñi, Fernando; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Kogevinas, Manolis; Grimalt Obrador, Joan; Sunyer Deu, Jordi (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 2011)
    Background: Evidence associating exposure to water disinfection by-products with reduced birth weight and altered duration of gestation remains inconclusive. Objective: We assessed exposure to trihalomethanes (THMs) during ...
  • Estarlich, Marisa; Ballester Díez, Ferran; Fernández Somoano, Ana; Aguilera Jiménez, Inmaculada, 1977-; Lertxundi, Aitana; Llop, Sabrina; Freire, Carmen; Tardón, Adonina; Basterrechea, Mikel; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Iñiguez, Carmen (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 2011)
    Background: A growing body of research suggests that prenatal exposure to air pollution may be harmful to fetal development. We assessed the association between exposure to air pollution during pregnancy and anthropometric ...
  • Dadvand, Payam; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Sartini, Claudio; Figueras, Francesc; Vrijheid, Martine; De Nazelle, Audrey; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 2011)
    Background: Although future climate is predicted to have more extreme heat conditions, the available evidence on the impact of these conditions on pregnancy length is very scarce and inconclusive. Objectives: We investigated ...
  • Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Pedersen, Marie; Stedingk, Hans von; Botsivali, Maria; Agramunt, Silvia; Alexander, Jan; Brunborg, Gunnar; Chatzi, Leda; Fleming, Sarah; Fthenou, Eleni; Granum, Berit; Gutzkow, Kristine B.; Hardie, Laura J.; Knudsen, Lisbeth E.; Kyrtopoulos, Sosterios A.; Mendez, Michelle A.; Merlo, Domenico Franco; Nielsen, Jeanette K.; Rydberg, Per; Segerbäck, Dan; Wright, John; Törnqvist, Margareta; Kleinjans, Jos C.; Kogevinas, Manolis; NewGeneris Consortium (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 2012)
    Background: Acrylamide is a common dietary exposure that crosses the human placenta. It is classified as a probable human carcinogen, and developmental toxicity has been observed in rodents. Objectives: We examined the ...

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