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      Arsenic exposure and respiratory outcomes during childhood in the INMA study 

      Signes Pastor, Antonio J.; Díaz Coto, Susana; Martínez Camblor, Pablo; Carey, Manus; Soler Blasco, Raquel; García Villarino, Miguel; Fernández Somoano, Ana; Júlvez, Jordi; Carrasco, Paula; Lertxundi Manterola, Aitana; Santa Marina Rodríguez, Loreto; Casas, Maribel; Meharg, Andrew A.; Karagas, Margaret R.; Vioque, Jesús (Public Library Science, 2022-09)
      Ingested inorganic arsenic (iAs) is a human carcinogen that is also linked to other adverse health effects, such as respiratory outcomes. Yet, among populations consuming low-arsenic drinking water, the impact of iAs ...
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      Exposure to metals and metalloids among pregnant women from Spain: Levels and associated factors 

      Lozano, Manuel; Murcia, Mario; Soler Blasco, Raquel; Casas, Maribel; Zubero Oleagoitia, Miren Begoña; Riutort Mayol, Gabriel; Gil Hernández, Fernando; Olmedo Palma, Pablo; Grimalt, Joan O.; Amorós, Rubén; Lertxundi Manterola, Aitana; Vrijheid, Martine; Ballester, Ferrán; Llop, Sabrina (Elsevier, 2022-01)
      [EN] Background: Humans are regularly exposed to metals and metalloids present in air, water, food, soil and domestic materials. Most of them can cross the placental barrier and cause adverse impacts on the developing ...
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      Gestational phthalate exposure and lung function during childhood: A prospective population-based study 

      Bosch de Basea, Magda; Carsin, Anne-Elie; Abellán, Alicia; Cobo, Inés; Lertxundi Manterola, Aitana; Marín, Natalia; Soler Blasco, Raquel; Ibarluzea Maurolagoitia, Jesús María; Vrijheid, Martine; Sunyer, Jordi; Casas, Maribel; García Aymerich, Judith (Elsevier, 2022-11)
      The potential effect of gestational exposure to phthalates on the lung function levels during childhood is unclear. Therefore, we examined this association at different ages (from 4 to 11 years) and over the whole childhood. ...
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      Human Early Life Exposome (HELIX) study: a European population-based exposome cohort 

      Maitre, Léa; De Bont, Jeroen; Casas, Maribel; Robinson, Oliver; Aasvang, Gunn Marit; Agier, Lydiane; Andrušaitytė, Sandra; Ballester, Ferrán; Basagaña, Xavier; Borrás, Eva; Brochot, Céline; Bustamante, Mariona; Carracedo, Angel; De Castro, Montserrat; Dedele, Audrius; De Castro, Montserrat; Dedele, Audrius; Donaire González, David; Estivill, Xavier; Evandt, Jorunn; Fossati, Serena; Giorgis Allemand, Lise; Granum, Berit; Grazuleviciene, Regina; Gützkow, Kristine Bjerve; Småstuen Haug, Line; Hernández Ferrer, Carles; Heude, Barbara; Ibarluzea Maurolagoitia, Jesús María; Julvez, Jordi; Karachaliou, Marianna; Keun, Hector C; Hjertager Krog, Norun; Lau, Chung-Ho E.; Leventakou, Vasiliki; Lyon Caen, Sarah; Manzano, Cyntia; Mason, Dan; McEachan, Rosemary; Meltzer, Helle Margrete; Petraviciene, Inga; Quentin, Joane; Roumeliotaki, Theano; Sabido, Eduard; Saulnier, Pierre-Jean; Siskos, Alexandros P; Siroux, Valérie; Sunyer, Jordi; Tamayo, Ibon; Urquiza, Jose; Vafeiadi, Marina; Van Gent, Diana; Vives Usano, Marta; Waiblinger, Dagmar; Warembourg, Charline; Chatzi, Leda; Coen, Muireann; Van den Hazel, Peter; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Slama, Rémy; Thomsen, Cathrine; Wright, John; Vrijheid, Martine (BMJ, 2018-09)
      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 describe ...
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      In utero exposure to bisphenols and asthma, wheeze, and lung function in school-age children: a prospective meta-analysis of 8 European birth cohorts 

      Abellán, Alicia; Mensink Bout, Sara M.; García Esteban, Raquel; Beneito, Andrea; Chatzi, Leda; Duarte Salles, Talita; Fernández Cabrera, Mariana F.; García Aymerich, Judith; Granum, Berit; Iñiguez, Carmen; Jaddoe, Vincent W. V.; Kannan, Kurunthachalam; Lertxundi Manterola, Aitana; López Espinosa, María José; Philippat, Claire; Sakhi, Amrit K.; Santos, Susana; Siroux, Valérie; Sunyer, Jordi; Trasande, Leonardo; Vafeiadi, Marina; Vela Soria, Fernando; Yang, Tiffany C.; Zabaleta Camino, Carlos; Vrijheid, Martine; Duijts, Liesbeth; Casas, Maribel (Elsevier, 2022-04)
      [EN] BACKGROUND: In utero exposure to bisphenols, widely used in consumer products, may alter lung development and increase the risk of respiratory morbidity in the offspring. However, evidence is scarce and mostly focused ...
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      Maternal occupational exposures and fetal growth in a Spanish birth cohort 

      Ish, Jennifer; Gimeno Ruiz de Porras, David; Symanski, Elaine; Ballester, Ferrán; Casas, Maribel; Delclos, George L.; Guxens, Mònica; Ibarluzea Maurolagoitia, Jesús María; Iñiguez, Carmen; Santa Marina Rodríguez, Loreto; Swartz, Michael D.; Whitworth, Kristina W. (Public Library Science, 2022-04-07)
      While the epidemiologic literature suggests certain maternal occupational exposures may be associated with reduced measures of size at birth, the occupational literature employing fetal biometry data to assess fetal growth ...
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      Prenatal exposure to mixtures of phthalates and phenols and body mass index and blood pressure in Spanish preadolescents 

      Güil Oumrait, Nuria; Cano Sancho, Germán; Montazeri, Parisa; Stratakis, Nikos; Warembourg, Charline; López Espinosa, María José; Vioque, Jesús; Santa Marina Rodríguez, Loreto; Jimeno Romero, Alba; Ventura Alemany, Rosa; Monfort Mercader, Nuria; Vrijheid, Martine; Casas, Maribel (Elsevier, 2022-11)
      Background: Pregnant women are simultaneously exposed to several non-persistent endocrine-disrupting chem-icals, which may influence the risk of childhood obesity and cardiovascular diseases later in life. Previous prospective ...
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      Prenatal Vitamin D Levels Influence Growth and Body Composition until 11 Years in Boys 

      Sangüesa, Julia; Márquez, Sandra; Bustamante, Mariona; Sunyer, Jordi; Iñiguez, Carmen; Vioque, Jesus; Santa Marina Rodríguez, Loreto; Jimeno Romero, Alba; Torrent, Matias; Casas, Maribel; Vrijheid, Martine (MDPI, 2023-04-23)
      Background: Gestational vitamin D levels may influence offspring growth and modulate adipogenesis. Findings from prospective studies are inconsistent, and few have evaluated the persistence of these associations into late ...
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      Sedentary Behaviour and Telomere Length Shortening during Early Childhood: Evidence from the Multicentre Prospective INMA Cohort Study 

      Prieto Botella, Daniel; Martens, Dries S.; Valera Gran, Desirée; Subiza Pérez, Mikel; Tardón, Adonina; Lozano, Manuel; Casas, Maribel; Bustamante, Mariona; Jimeno Romero, Alba; Fernández Somoano, Ana; Llop, Sabrina; Vrijheid, Martine; Nawrot, Tim S.; Navarrete Muñoz, Eva María (MDPI, 2023-03-14)
      Sedentary behaviour (SB) may be related to telomere length (TL) attrition due to a possible pro-inflammatory effect. This study examined the association between parent-reported sedentary behaviour (SB) and leukocyte TL at ...
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      Urinary arsenic speciation in children and pregnant women from Spain 

      Carey, Manus; Vioque, Jesús; Navarrete Muñoz, Eva María; Rodríguez Dehli, Cristina; Tardón, Adonina; Zubero Oleagoitia, Miren Begoña; Santa Marina Rodríguez, Loreto; Vrijheid, Martine; Casas, Maribel; Llop, Sabrina; González Palacios, Sandra; Meharg, Andrew A.; Signes Pastor, Antonio J. (Springer, 2017)
      Inorganic arsenic (i-As) is a non-threshold human carcinogen that has been associated with several adverse health outcomes. Exposure to i-As is of particular concern among pregnant women, infants and children, as they are ...
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      Validation of a Parent-Reported Physical Activity Questionnaire by Accelerometry in European Children Aged from 6 to 12 Years Old 

      Prieto Botella, Daniel; Valera Gran, Desirée; Santa Marina Rodríguez, Loreto; Babarro Vélez, Izaro ORCID; Subiza Pérez, Mikel; Casas, Maribel; Guxens, Mónica; Cárdenas Fuentes, Gabriela; Heude, Barbara; Bernard, Jonathan Y.; McEachan, Rosemary R. C.; García Aymerich, Judith; Vrijheid, Martine; Navarrete Muñoz, Eva María (MDPI, 2022-07-27)
      Validated physical activity (PA) questionnaires are crucial for collecting information in large epidemiological studies during childhood. Thus, this study analyzed the validity of a parent-reported PA questionnaire based ...