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  • Tainio, Marko; De Nazelle, Audrey; Götschi, Thomas; Kahlmeier, Sonja; Rojas Rueda, David, 1979-; Hérick de Sá, Thiago; Kelly, Paul A.; Woodcock, James (Elsevier, 2016)
    Active travel (cycling, walking) is beneficial for the health due to increased physical activity (PA). However, active travel may increase the intake of air pollution, leading to negative health consequences. We examined ...
  • Tonne, Cathryn; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Chaix, Basile; Huynen, Maud; Hystad, Perry; Nawrot, Tim S.; Slama, Rémy; Vermeulen, Roel; Weuve, Jennifer; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. (Elsevier, 2017)
    Background. In the next 25 years, transformative changes, in particular the rapid pace of technological development and data availability, will require environmental epidemiologists to prioritize what should (rather than ...
  • Di Tommaso, Paolo; Bussotti, Giovanni, 1983-; Kemena, Carsten, 1983-; Capriotti, Emidio; Chatzou, Maria, 1985-; Prieto Barja, Pablo, 1986-; Notredame, Cedric (Oxford University Press, 2014)
    This article introduces the SARA-Coffee web server; a service allowing the online computation of 3D structure based multiple RNA sequence alignments. The server makes it possible to combine sequences with and without known ...
  • Temam, Sofia; Varraso, Raphaëlle; Pornet, Carole; Sanchez, Margaux; Affret, Aurélie; Jacquemin Leonard, Bénédicte; Clavel Chapelon, Françoise; Rey, Grégoire; Rican, Stéphane; Le Moual, Nicole (BioMed Central, 2017)
    Background. Despite the increasing interest in place effect to explain health inequalities, there is currently no consensus on which kind of area-based socioeconomic measures researchers should use to assess neighborhood ...
  • Stieb, David; Boot, Cécile R.; Turner, Michelle C. (BioMed Central, 2017)
    Is “big data” merely a catchphrase, or does the approach hold real promise in informing occupational and environmental health? Can challenges related to messy and unrepresentative data and spurious findings be overcome?
  • Sud, Amit; Houlston, Richard S. (Nature Research, 2017)
    Several susceptibility loci for classical Hodgkin lymphoma have been reported. However, much of the heritable risk is unknown. Here, we perform a meta-analysis of two existing genome-wide association studies, a new genome-wide ...
  • González Martínez, María Ángeles; Castaño Suero, María Jesús; Guerrero Muñoz, Marta; Rossetti, Agustín Francisco; Sequeira Aymar, Ethel; Roca Saumell, Carme (Elsevier, 2024)
    La entrevista clínica a pacientes inmigrantes requiere una competencia cultural que garantice una buena comprensión y una correcta comunicación, además de recoger información específica diferente a pacientes autóctonos, ...
  • Warmenhoven, Noëlle; Sánchez Benavides, Gonzalo; González Escalante, Armand; Milà Alomà, Marta; Shekari, Mahnaz; López Martos, David; Ortiz Romero, Paula, 1994-; Kollmorgen, Gwendlyn; Quijano Rubio, Clara; Minguillón, Carolina; Gispert López, Juan Domingo; Vilor Tejedor, Natàlia, 1988-; Arenaza Urquijo, Eider M.; Palpatzis, Eleni; Ashton, Nicholas J.; Zetterberg, Henrik; Blennow, Kaj; Suárez-Calvet, Marc; Grau-Rivera, Oriol; ALFA Study (Wiley, 2024)
    Introduction: We examined whether baseline glial markers soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cell 2 (sTREM2), chitinase 3-like protein 1 (YKL-40), and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in cerebrospinal ...
  • Bustamante Pineda, Mariona; Balagué-Dobón, Laura; Casas Sanahuja, Maribel; Maitre, Léa; Nurtdinov, Ramil; González, Juan Ramón; Vrijheid, Martine (Elsevier, 2024)
    Introduction: Phthalates, or dieters of phthalic acid, are a ubiquitous type of plasticizer used in a variety of common consumer and industrial products. They act as endocrine disruptors and are associated with increased ...
  • Eijkemans, Marianne; García Aymerich, Judith; López Vicente, Mònica, 1988-; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Thijs, Carel (BMJ Publishing Group, 2024)
    Objectives: To investigate the associations of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour in early childhood with asthma and reduced lung function in later childhood within a large collaborative study. Design: Pooling ...
  • Liutsko, Liudmila; Igumnov, Sergey; Drozdovitch, Vladimir; Cardis, Elisabeth (Taylor & Francis, 2024)
    Few studies have explored the effects of n utero radiation exposure on human health and cognition and none have taken into account thyroid hormone levels (T3), which have shown to affect cognitive performance. We investigated ...
  • Domínguez, Alan; Koch, Sarah; Márquez, Sandra; Castro, Montserrat de; Urquiza, José M.; Evandt, Jorunn; Oftedal, Bente; Aasvang, Gunn Marit; Kampouri, Mariza; Vafeiadi, Marina, 1983-; Mon-Williams, Mark; Lewer, Dan; Lepeule, Johanna; Andrušaitytė, Sandra; Vrijheid, Martine; Guxens Junyent, Mònica; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. (Elsevier, 2024)
    Background: Exposure to air pollution during childhood has been linked with adverse effects on cognitive development and motor function. However, limited research has been done on the associations of air pollution exposure ...
  • Opbroek, Jet; Pereira Barboza, Evelise; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Dadvand, Payam; Mueller, Natalie, 1988- (Elsevier, 2024)
    Background: Urban environments lack natural features, while nature exposure in cities has been associated with health benefits, including children's neurodevelopment. Through extensive street greening, Barcelona's Eixos ...
  • Dadvand, Payam; Gascon Merlos, Mireia, 1984-; Bustamante Pineda, Mariona; Rivas, Ioar; Foraster Pulido, Maria, 1984-; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Cosín Tomàs, Marta; Ferrer Vergés, Muriel; Gómez Herrera, Laura C.; Jiménez Arenas, Pol; Júlvez Calvo, Jordi; Morillas, Àlex; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Persavento, Cecilia; Pujol, Jesús; Vrijheid, Martine; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; BiSC Group (Oxford University Press, 2024)
  • Alari, Anna; Ranzani, Otavio; Olmos, Sergio; Milà, Carles; Rico, Alex; Ballester, Joan; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Dadvand, Payam; Duarte Salles, Talita, 1985-; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Vivanco Hidalgo, Rosa María; Tonne, Cathryn (Oxford University Press, 2024)
    Background: A growing body of evidence has reported positive associations between long-term exposure to air pollution and poor COVID-19 outcomes. Inconsistent findings have been reported for short-term air pollution, mostly ...
  • Koch, Sarah; Prado Peralta, María Gabriela; Carsin, Anne-Elie; Abellan, Alicia; Roda, Célina; Torrent, Maties; Iñiguez, Carmen; Ballester Díez, Ferran; Ferrero, Amparo; Zabaleta, Carlos; Lertxundi, Aitana; Guxens Junyent, Mònica; Vrijheid, Martine; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Casas Sanahuja, Maribel; García Aymerich, Judith (BMJ Publishing Group, 2024)
    Objective: The existence of catch-up lung function growth and its predictors is uncertain. We aimed to identify lung function trajectories and their predictors in a population-based birth cohort. Methods: We applied ...
  • Alcolea, Jose A.; Donat-Vargas, Carolina; Chatziioannou, Anastasia Chrysovalantou; Keski-Rahkonen, Pekka; Robinot, Nivonirina; Molina, Antonio J.; Amiano, Pilar; Gómez-Acebo, Inés; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Maitre, Léa; Chadeau-Hyam, Marc; Dagnino, Sonia; Cheng, Sibo Lucas; Scalbert, Augustin; Vineis, Paolo; Kogevinas, Manolis; Villanueva Belmonte, Cristina (American Chemical Society (ACS), 2023)
    We investigated the metabolomic profile associated with exposure to trihalomethanes (THMs) and nitrate in drinking water and with colorectal cancer risk in 296 cases and 295 controls from the Multi Case-Control Spain ...
  • Lavelle Sachs, Ashby; Boag, Angela E.; Troy, Austin (Elsevier, 2023)
    Urban tree canopy yields numerous environmental and social benefits. This study investigates whether the marginal contribution of tree canopy cover to home values depends on certain characteristics of a property and its ...
  • Albuquerque, David; Manco, Licínio; González, Luz M.; Gervasini, Guillermo; Benito, Goitzane Marcaida; González, Juan Ramón; Rodríguez López, Raquel (Wiley, 2017)
    Background: SNRPN, which codes for the RNA-binding SmN protein, is a candidate gene for Prader-Willi syndrome. One characteristic of this neuroendocrine disorder is hyperphagia resulting in extreme obesity later in life. ...
  • López Dóriga, Inés; Vich, Guillem; Koch, Sarah; Khomenko, Sasha; Marquet, Oriol; Roig Costa, Oriol; Daher, Carolyn; Rasella, Davide; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Mueller, Natalie, 1988- (Elsevier, 2022)
    Mobility in cities is changing with the appearance of electric micro-mobilities (EMMs), i.e. e-bikes, e-scooters, e-mopeds. We conducted a health impact assessment (HIA) of EMM use on the health of Barcelona adults. Assuming ...

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