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      A meta-analysis of pre-pregnancy maternal body mass index and placental DNA methylation identifies 27 CpG sites with implications for mother-child health 

      Fernández Jiménez, Nora ORCID; Fore, Ruby; Cilleros Portet, Ariadna ORCID; Lepeule, Johanna; Perron, Patrice; Kvist, Tuomas; Tian, Fu-Ying; Lesseur, Corina; Binder, Alexandra M.; Lozano, Manuel; Martorell Marugán, Jordi; Loke, Yuk J.; Bakulski, Kelly M.; Zhu, Yihui; Forhan, Anne; Sammallahti, Sara; Everson, Todd M.; Chen, Jia; Michels, Karin B.; Belmonte, Thalia; Carmona Sáez, Pedro; Halliday, Jane; Fallin, M. Daniele; LaSalle, Janine M.; Tost, Jorg; Czamara, Darina; Fernández, Mariana F.; Gómez Martín, Antonio; Craig, Jeffrey M.; González Alzaga, Beatriz; Schmidt, Rebecca J.; Dou, John F.; Muggli, Evelyne; Lacasaña, Marina; Vrijheid, Martine; Marsit, Carmen J.; Karagas, Margaret R.; Raikkonen, Katri; Bouchard, Luigi; Heude, Barbara; Santa Marina Rodríguez, Loreto; Bustamante, Mariona; Hivert, Marie France; Bilbao Catalá, José Ramón ORCID (Nature, 2022-11)
      Higher maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (ppBMI) is associated with increased neonatal morbidity, as well as with pregnancy complications and metabolic outcomes in offspring later in life. The placenta is a key organ ...
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      Air Pollution, Residential Greenness and Metabolic Dysfunction during Early Pregnancy in the INfancia y Medio Ambiente (INMA) Cohort 

      Rammah, Amal; Whitworth, Kristina W.; Amos, Christopher I.; Estarlich, Marisa; Guxens, Mónica; Ibarluzea Maurolagoitia, Jesús María; Iñiguez, Carmen; Subiza Pérez, Mikel; Vrijheid, Martine; Symanski, Elaine (MDPI, 2021-09-04)
      Despite extensive study, the role of air pollution in gestational diabetes remains unclear, and there is limited evidence of the beneficial impact of residential greenness on metabolic dysfunction during pregnancy. We used ...
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      Associations of Maternal Cell-Phone Use During Pregnancy With Pregnancy Duration and Fetal Growth in 4 Birth Cohorts 

      Tsarna, Ermioni; Reedijk, Marije; Birks, Laura Ellen; Guxens, Mónica; Ballester, Ferrán; Ha, Mina; Jiménez Zabala, Ana María; Kheifets, Leeka; Lertxundi Manterola, Aitana; Lim, Hyung-Ryul; Olsen, Jorn; González Safont, Llucía; Sudan, Madhuri; Cardis, Elisabeth; Vrijheid, Martine; Vrijkotte, Tanja G. M.; Huss, Anke; Vermeulen, Roel (Oxford University Press, 2019-04-17)
      Results from studies evaluating potential effects of prenatal exposure to radio-frequency electromagnetic fields from cell phones on birth outcomes have been inconsistent. Using data on 55,507 pregnant women and their ...
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      Characterisation of Exposure to Non-Ionising Electromagnetic Fields in the Spanish INMA Birth Cohort: Study Protocol 

      Gallastegi Bilbao, Mara; Guxens, Mónica; Jiménez Zabala, Ana María; Calvente, Irene; Fernández Andrés, Marta; Birks, Laura; Struchen, Benjamin; Vrijheid, Martine; Estarlich, Marisa; Fernández, Mariana F.; Torrent, Maties; Ballester, Ferrán; Aurrekoetxea Agirre, Juan José ORCID; Ibarluzea Maurolagoitia, Jesús María; Guerra Pereda, David; González Estévez, Julián María ORCID; Röösli, Martin; Santa Marina, Loreto (Biomed Central, 2016-02-18)
      Background: Analysis of the association between exposure to electromagnetic fields of non-ionising radiation (EMF-NIR) and health in children and adolescents is hindered by the limited availability of data, mainly due to ...
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      Estimated all-day and evening whole-brain radiofrequency electromagnetic fields doses, and sleep in preadolescents 

      Cabré Riera, Alba; Van Wel, Luuk; Liorni, Ilaria; Koopman Verhoeff, M. Elisabeth; Imaz, Liher; Ibarluzea Maurolagoitia, Jesús María; Huss, Anke; Wiart, Joe; Vermeulen, Roel; Joseph, Wout; Capstick, Myles; Vrijheid, Martine; Cardis, Elisabeth; Röösli, Martin; Eeftens, Marloes; Thielens, Arno; Tiemeier, Henning; Guxens, Mónica (Elsevier, 2022-03)
      [EN] Objective: To investigate the association of estimated all-day and evening whole-brain radiofrequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) doses with sleep disturbances and objective sleep measures in preadolescents. Methods: ...
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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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      Exposure to natural environments during pregnancy and birth outcomes in 11 European birth cohorts 

      Torres Toda, María; Avraam, Demetris; Cadman, Timothy James; Fossati, Serena; De Castro, Montserrat; Dedele, Audrius; Donovan, Geoffrey; Elhakeem, Ahmed; Estarlich, Marisa; Fernandes, Amanda; Gonçalves, Romy; Grazuleviciene, Regina; Harris, Jennifer R.; Harskamp-van Ginkel, Margreet W.; Heude, Barbara; Ibarluzea Maurolagoitia, Jesús María; Iñiguez, Carmen; Jaddoe, Vincent W. V.; Lawlor, Deborah; Lertxundi Manterola, Aitana; Lepeule, Johanna; McEachan, Rosemary; Moirano, Giovenale; Nader, Johanna L. T.; Andersen, Anne-Marie Nybo; Pedersen, Marie; Pizzi, Costanza; Roumeliotaki, Theano; Santos, Susana; Sunyer, Jordi; Yang, Tiffany; Vafeiadi, Marina; Vrijkotte, Tanja G. M.; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark; Vrijheid, Martine; Foraster, Maria; Dadvand, Payam (Elsevier, 2022-12)
      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 ...
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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 circulating Vitamin D-3 levels during pregnancy and behaviour across childhood 

      López Vicente, Mónica; Sunyer, Jordi; Lertxundi Iribar, Nerea; González, Llúcia; Rodríguez Dehli, Cristina; Espada Sáenz-Torre, Mercedes; Vrijheid, Martine; Tardón, Adonina; Llop, Sabrina; Torrent, Maties; Ibarluzea Maurolagoitia, Jesús María; Guxens, Mónica (Nature Publishing Group, 2019-10-15)
      Vitamin D deficiency during critical periods of development could lead to persistent brain alterations. We aimed to assess the association between maternal vitamin D-3, the major circulatory form of vitamin D, at pregnancy ...
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      Novel Loci for Childhood Body Mass Index and Shared Heritability with Adult Cardiometabolic Traits 

      Vogelezang, Suzanne; Bradfield, Jonathan P.; Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S.; Curtin, John A.; Lakka, Timo A.; Grarup, Niels; Scholz, Markus; Van der Most, Peter J.; Monnereau, Claire; Stergiakouli, Evie; Heiskala, Anni; Horikoshi, Momoko; Fedko, Iryna O.; Vilor Tejedor, Natalia; Cousminer, Diana L.; Standl, Marie; Wang, Carol A.; Viikari, Jorma; Geller, Frank; Iñiguez, Carmen; Pitkanen, Niina; Chesi, Alessandra; Bacelis, Jonas; Yengo, Loic; Torrent, Maties; Ntalla, Ioanna; Helgeland, Oyvind; Selzam, Saskia; Vonk, Judith M.; Zafarmand, Mohammed H.; Heude, Barbara; Farooqi, Ismaa Sadaf; Alyass, Akram; Beaumont, Robin N.; Have, Christian T.; Rzehak, Peter; Bilbao Catalá, José Ramón ORCID; Schnurr, Theresia M.; Barroso, Ines; Bonnelykke, Klaus; Beilin, Lawrence J.; Carstensen, Lisbeth; Charles, Marie Aline; Chawes, Bo; Clement, Karine; Closa Monasterolo, Ricardo; Custovic, Adnan; Eriksson, Johan G.; Escribano, Joaquín; Groen-Blokhuis, Maria; Grote, Veit; Gruszfeld, Dariusz; Hakonarson, Hakon; Hansen, Torben; Hattersley, Andrew T.; Hollensted, Mette; Hottenga, Jouke Jan; Hypponen, Elina; Johansson, Stefan; Joro, Raimo; Kahonen, Mika; Karhunen, Ville; Kiess, Wieland; Knight, Bridget A.; Koletzko, Berthold; Kuehnapfel, Andreas; Landgraf, Kathrin; Langhendries, Jean-Paul; Lehtimaki, Terho; Leinonen, Jaakko T.; Li, Aihuali; Lindi, Virpi; Lowry, Estelle; Bustamante, Mariona; Medina Gómez, Carolina; Melbye, Mads; Michaelsen, Kim F.; Morgen, Camilla S.; Mori, Trevor A.; Nielsen, Tenna R. H.; Niinikoski, Harri; Oldehinkel, Albertine J.; Pahkala, Katja; Panoutsopoulou, Kalliope; Pedersen, Oluf; Pennell, Craig E.; Power, Christine; Reijneveld, Sijmen A.; Rivadeneira, Fernando; Simpson, Angela; Sly, Peter D.; Stokholm, Jakob; Teo, Kook K.; Thiering, Elisabeth; Timpson, Nicholas J.; Uitterlinden, Andre G.; Van Beijsterveldt, Catharina E. M.; Van Schaik, Barbera D. C.; Vaudel, Marc; Verduci, Elvira; Vinding, Rebecca K.; Vogel, Mandy; Zeggini, Eleftheria; Sebert, Sylvain; Lind, Mads V.; Brown, Christopher D.; Santa Marina, Loreto; Reischl, Eva; Frithioff-Bojsoe, Christine; Meyre, David; Wheeler, Eleanor; Ong, Ken; Nohr, Ellen A.; Vrijkotte, Tanja G. M.; Koppelman, Gerard H.; Plomin, Robert; Njolstad, Pal R.; Dedoussis, George D.; Froguel, Philippe; Sorensen, Thorkild I. A.; Jacobsson, Bo; Freathy, Rachel M.; Zemel, Babette S.; Raitakari, Olli; Vrijheid, Martine; Feenstra, Bjarke; Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka; Snieder, Harold; Kirsten, Holger; Holt, Patrick G.; Heinrich, Joachim; Widen, Elisabeth; Sunyer, Jordi; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Koerner, Antje; Smith, George Davey; Holm, Jens-Christian; Atalay, Mustafa; Murray, Clare; Bisgaard, Hans; McCarthy, Mark I.; Jaddoe, Vincent W. V.; Grant, Struan F. A.; Felix, Janine F. (Public Library Science, 2020-10-12)
      The genetic background of childhood body mass index (BMI), and the extent to which the well-known associations of childhood BMI with adult diseases are explained by shared genetic factors, are largely unknown. We performed ...
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      Prenatal air pollution exposure and growth and cardio-metabolic risk in preschoolers 

      Fossati, Serena; Valvi, Damaskini; Martínez, David; Cirach, Marta; Estarlich, Marisa; Fernández Somoano, Ana; Guxens, Mónica; Iñiguez, Carmen; Irizar, Amaia; Lertxundi Manterola, Aitana; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Tamayo, Ibon; Vioque, Jesús; Tardón, Adonina; Sunyer, Jordi; Vrijheid, Martine (Elsevier, 2020-03-16)
      Objectives: We investigated the association between outdoor air pollutants exposure in the first trimester of pregnancy, and growth and cardio-metabolic risk at four years of age, and evaluated the mediating role of birth ...
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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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      Risk and Protective Factors for Bullying at 11 Years of Age in a Spanish Birth Cohort Study 

      Babarro Vélez, Izaro ORCID; Andiarena Villaverde, Ainara ORCID; Fano Ardanaz, Eduardo; Lertxundi Iribar, Nerea; Vrijheid, Martine; Julvez, Jordi; Barreto Zarza, Florencia Belén ORCID; Fossati, Serena; Ibarluzea Maurolagoitia, Jesús María (MDPI, 2020-06-19)
      (1) Background: Bullying affects a large number of children worldwide. This study has two objectives, to provide data on the prevalence of bullying in Spain, and to identify risk and protective factors associated with ...
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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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      The association between maternal ultra-processed food consumption during pregnancy and child neuropsychological development: A population-based birth cohort study 

      Puig Vallverdú, Júlia; Romaguera, Dora; Fernández Barrés, Silvia; Gignac, Florence; Ibarluzea Maurolagoitia, Jesús María; Santa Marina Rodríguez, Loreto; Llop, Sabrina; González Palacios, Sandra; Vioque, Jesús; Riaño Galán, Isolina; Fernández Tardón, Guillermo; Pinar, Ariadna; Turner, Michelle C.; Arija, Victoria; Salas Salvadó, Jordi; Vrijheid, Martine; Júlvez, Jordi (Elsevier, 2022-10)
      Background & aims: Maternal ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption during pregnancy may adversely affect child development. Pregnancy sugar-sweetened beverage consumption (as a part of UPF) has been associated with child ...
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      Urban environment and cognitive and motor function in children from four European birth cohorts 

      Binter, Anne-Claire; Bernard, Jonathan Y.; Mon-Williams, Mark; Andiarena Villaverde, Ainara ORCID; González Safont, Llucía; Vafeiadi, Marina; Lepeule, Johanna; Soler Blasco, Raquel; Alonso, Lucía; Kampouri, Mariza; Mceachan, Rosie; Santa Marina, Loreto; Wright, John; Chatzi, Leda; Sunyer, Jordi; Philippat, Claire; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark; Vrijheid, Martine; Guxens, Mónica (Elsevier, 2022-01)
      [EN]Background: The urban environment may influence neurodevelopment from conception onwards, but there is no evaluation of the impact of multiple groups of exposures simultaneously. We investigated the association between ...
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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 ...