Circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 in pregnancy and infant neuropsychological developmentEva Morales
Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology CREAL, Parc de Recerca Biomedica de Barcelona, Dr Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Pediatrics 130:e913-20. 2012
..To investigate whether circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) [25(OH)D(3)] concentration in pregnancy is associated with neuropsychological development in infants...
- Effects of prolonged breastfeeding and colostrum fatty acids on allergic manifestations and infections in infancy
E Morales
Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Clin Exp Allergy 42:918-28. 2012
..In developed countries World Health Organization recommendation of 6 months' exclusive breastfeeding is under debate...
- DNA hypomethylation at ALOX12 is associated with persistent wheezing in childhood
Eva Morales
Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 185:937-43. 2012
..Epigenetic changes may play a role in the occurrence of asthma-related phenotypes...
- Maternal vitamin D status in pregnancy and risk of lower respiratory tract infections, wheezing, and asthma in offspring
Eva Morales
Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Epidemiology 23:64-71. 2012
..We assessed whether maternal circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) concentrations in pregnancy are associated with risk of lower respiratory tract infections, wheezing, and asthma in the offspring...
- Maternal C-reactive protein levels in pregnancy are associated with wheezing and lower respiratory tract infections in the offspring
Eva Morales
Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Am J Obstet Gynecol 204:164.e1-9. 2011
..We assessed whether maternal C-reactive protein (CRP) levels during pregnancy and CRP gene variations are associated with wheezing and lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) in offspring...
Genetic variants of the FADS gene cluster and ELOVL gene family, colostrums LC-PUFA levels, breastfeeding, and child cognitionEva Morales
Center for research in environmental epidemiology CREAL, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
PLoS ONE 6:e17181. 2011
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- Association of early-life exposure to household gas appliances and indoor nitrogen dioxide with cognition and attention behavior in preschoolers
Eva Morales
Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Am J Epidemiol 169:1327-36. 2009
..Early-life exposure to air pollution from indoor gas appliances may be negatively associated with neuropsychological development through the first 4 years of life, particularly among genetically susceptible children...
- Longitudinal association between early life socio-environmental factors and attention function at the age 11 years
Joan Forns
Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology CREAL, Barcelona, Spain
Environ Res 117:54-9. 2012
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- Influence of glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms on cognitive functioning effects induced by p,p'-DDT among preschoolers
Eva Morales
Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology, Barcelona, Spain
Environ Health Perspect 116:1581-5. 2008
..We hypothesized that genetic variability in glutathione S-transferase (GST) genes (GSTP1, GSTM1, and GSTT1) could influence the effects of prenatal exposure to p,p'-DDT...
- Pre-natal exposure to dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene and infant lower respiratory tract infections and wheeze
Mireia Gascon
Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Eur Respir J 39:1188-96. 2012
..Results were similar for wheeze. This study suggests that pre-natal DDE exposure is associated with a higher risk of LRTI and wheeze in infants independently of exposure to other organochlorine compounds...
- Dietary benzo(a)pyrene and fetal growth: effect modification by vitamin C intake and glutathione S-transferase P1 polymorphism
Talita Duarte-Salles
Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology, Barcelona, Spain
Environ Int 45:1-8. 2012
..The role of diet, the main source of PAH exposure among non-smokers, remains uncertain...
- GSTM1 polymorphisms modify the effect of maternal smoking during pregnancy on cognitive functioning in preschoolers
Eva Morales
Center for research in environmental epidemiology CREAL, Barcelona, Spain
Int J Epidemiol 38:690-7. 2009
..Parental factors are proposed as an explanatory. We studied the influence of GSTM1 and GSTT1 polymorphisms on the cognition effects induced by active maternal smoking during pregnancy...
- The relative influence of diet and serum concentrations of organochlorine compounds on K-ras mutations in exocrine pancreatic cancer
Magda Gasull
Institut Municipal d Investigacio Medica, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Chemosphere 79:686-97. 2010
..In exocrine pancreatic cancer (EPC) mechanistic relationships may exist among some organochlorine compounds (OCs) and mutations in the K-ras oncogene, as well as among the latter and dietary factors...
- Past medical conditions and K-ras mutations in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a hypothesis-generating study
Marta Crous-Bou
Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Cancer Unit, Institut Municipal d Investigacio Medica IMIM, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Carrer del Dr Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Cancer Causes Control 20:591-9. 2009
..In pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) evidence on the etiopathogenic role of past medical conditions in the occurrence and persistence of K-ras mutations is scant...
- Maternal prepregnancy obesity is an independent risk factor for frequent wheezing in infants by age 14 months
Stefano Guerra
Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology, Barcelona, Spain
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 27:100-8. 2013
..Maternal prepregnancy obesity has been linked to the offspring's risk for subsequent asthma. We determined whether maternal obesity is associated with increased risk of wheezing phenotypes early in life...
- Effects of persistent organic pollutants on the developing respiratory and immune systems: a systematic review
Mireia Gascon
Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology CREAL, Dr Aiguader 88, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Environ Int 52:51-65. 2013
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- Lifetime history of alcohol consumption and K-ras mutations in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Marta Crous-Bou
Institut Municipal d Investigacio Medica, Barcelona, Spain
Environ Mol Mutagen 50:421-30. 2009
..We analyzed the relation between lifetime consumption of alcohol and mutations in codon 12 of the K-ras oncogene in patients with PDA...
- Hospital costs of nosocomial multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa acquisition
Eva Morales
Health Services Evaluation and Clinical Epidemiology Department, Hospital del Mar IMIM, Barcelona, Spain
BMC Health Serv Res 12:122. 2012
..We aimed to assess the hospital economic costs of nosocomial multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa acquisition...
