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JUAN ALGUACIL

Full Professor of Public Health, Universidad de Huelva
Verified email at uhu.es
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Association of arsenic, cadmium and manganese exposure with neurodevelopment and behavioural disorders in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Rodríguez-Barranco, M Lacasaña… - Science of the total …, 2013 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to analyse the scientific evidence published to date on the
potential effects on neurodevelopment and behavioural disorders in children exposed to …

Exocrine pancreatic cancer: symptoms at presentation and their relation to tumour site and stage

M Porta, X Fabregat, N Malats, L Guarner… - Clinical and …, 2005 - Springer
Introduction. The need to detect pancreatic cancer at earlier stages is undisputed. We
recorded the signs and symptoms of patients presenting with exocrine pancreatic cancer …

[PDF][PDF] Population-based multicase-control study in common tumors in Spain (MCC-Spain): rationale and study design

G Castano-Vinyals, N Aragonés… - Gaceta …, 2015 - SciELO Public Health
Introduction: We present the protocol of a large population-based case-control study of 5
common tumors in Spain (MCC-Spain) that evaluates environmental exposures and genetic …

Environmental factors and the risk of brain tumours in young people: a systematic review

A Zumel-Marne, G Castano-Vinyals, M Kundi… - …, 2019 - karger.com
Background: Brain tumours (BT) are one of the most frequent tumour types in young people,
although little is known about their risk factors. Objective: The objective of the current work …

Short-term effects of particulate matter constituents on daily hospitalizations and mortality in five South-European cities: Results from the MED-PARTICLES project

X Basagaña, B Jacquemin, A Karanasiou, B Ostro… - Environment …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Few recent studies examined acute effects on health of individual chemical
species in the particulate matter (PM) mixture, and most of them have been conducted in …

Cadmium exposure and neuropsychological development in school children in southwestern Spain

M Rodríguez-Barranco, M Lacasaña, F Gil, A Lorca… - Environmental …, 2014 - Elsevier
This study assessed the association between cadmium exposure and neuropsychological
development in children from a region with high industrial and mining activities in …

Adherence to the Western, Prudent and Mediterranean dietary patterns and breast cancer risk: MCC-Spain study

A Castelló, E Boldo, B Pérez-Gómez, V Lope… - Maturitas, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective To externally validate the previously identified effect on breast cancer risk of the
Western, Prudent and Mediterranean dietary patterns. Study design MCC-Spain is a …

Effect of mistimed eating patterns on breast and prostate cancer risk (MCC‐Spain Study)

M Kogevinas, A Espinosa, A Castelló… - … journal of cancer, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Modern life involves mistimed sleeping and eating patterns that in experimental studies are
associated with adverse health effects. We assessed whether timing of meals is associated …

Occupational exposures and risk of stomach cancer by histological type

M Santibañez, J Alguacil, MG de la Hera… - Occupational and …, 2012 - oem.bmj.com
Objective To explore the relationship between stomach cancer (SC), by histological type,
and occupations and occupational exposures. Methods The authors conducted a hospital …

Postnatal arsenic exposure and attention impairment in school children

M Rodríguez-Barranco, F Gil, AF Hernández, J Alguacil… - Cortex, 2016 - Elsevier
Over the last few decades there has been an increased concern about the health risks from
exposure to metallic trace elements, including arsenic, because of their potential neurotoxic …