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List of works by Ferran Ballester

A combined analysis of the short-term effects of photochemical air pollutants on mortality within the EMECAM project

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Active and passive smoking during pregnancy and ultrasound measures of fetal growth in a cohort of pregnant women

scientific article published on 12 January 2011

Acute effects of urban air pollution on respiratory emergency hospital admissions in the Canary Islands

scholarly article by Elena López-Villarrubia et al published 2 December 2015 in Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Air Pollution and Hospital Emergency Room Admissions for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Valencia, Spain

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Air pollution and mortality in the Canary Islands: a time-series analysis

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Air pollution during pregnancy and childhood cognitive and psychomotor development: six European birth cohorts

scientific article published in September 2014

Air pollution exposure during pregnancy and reduced birth size: a prospective birth cohort study in Valencia, Spain

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Ambient air pollution and low birthweight: a European cohort study (ESCAPE).

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Analysis of multicentre epidemiological studies: contrasting fixed or random effects modelling and meta-analysis

scholarly article by Xavier Basagaña et al published 22 June 2018 in International Journal of Epidemiology

Annoyance Caused by Noise and Air Pollution during Pregnancy: Associated Factors and Correlation with Outdoor NO2 and Benzene Estimations

scientific article published on 18 June 2015

Assessment of prenatal exposure to persistent organohalogen compounds from cord blood serum analysis in two Mediterranean populations (Valencia and Menorca).

scientific article published on 13 December 2010

Association between breastfeeding duration and cognitive development, autistic traits and ADHD symptoms: a multicenter study in Spain

scientific article published on 15 November 2016

Association between exposure to organochlorine compounds and maternal thyroid status: Role of the iodothyronine deiodinase 1 gene

scientific article published on 8 April 2017

Association between thyroid hormone levels and 4,4'-DDE concentrations in pregnant women (Valencia, Spain).

scientific article published on 16 March 2009

Association of γδ T cells with disease severity and mortality in septic patients

scientific article published on March 20, 2013

Associations between blood persistent organic pollutants and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 in pregnancy

scientific article published on 4 May 2013

Birth weight and prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE): a meta-analysis within 12 European Birth Cohorts

scientific article published on 13 October 2011

CYP3A genes and the association between prenatal methylmercury exposure and neurodevelopment

scientific article published on 9 May 2017

Changes in the Effect of Heat on Mortality in the Last 20 Years in Nine European Cities. Results from the PHASE Project

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Characterizing mortality effects of particulate matter size fractions in the two capital cities of the Canary Islands

scientific article published on 17 November 2011

Child health and the environment: the INMA Spanish Study

scientific article published in September 2006

Chronic burden of near-roadway traffic pollution in 10 European cities (APHEKOM network).

scientific article published on 21 March 2013

Cohort Profile: The INMA—INfancia y Medio Ambiente—(Environment and Childhood) Project

scientific article published on April 5, 2011

Concentrations and determinants of organochlorine levels among pregnant women in Eastern Spain

scientific article published on 15 September 2010

Concentrations and determinants of outdoor, indoor and personal nitrogen dioxide in pregnant women from two Spanish birth cohorts

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Cord Blood Toxicants and Neurodevelopment of Infants from INMA-Valencia Cohort, Spain

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Dietary intake in pregnant women in a Spanish Mediterranean area. As good as it is supposed to be? – ERRATUM

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Different convergence parameters applied to the S-PLUS GAM function

scientific article published in November 2002

Distributions and determinants of urinary biomarkers of organophosphate pesticide exposure in a prospective Spanish birth cohort study

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Drinking water disinfection by-products during pregnancy and child neuropsychological development in the INMA Spanish cohort study

scientific article published on 27 October 2017

Early-life exposure to outdoor air pollution and respiratory health, ear infections, and eczema in infants from the INMA study

scientific article published on 5 December 2012

Effect of Gene-Mercury Interactions on Mercury Toxicokinetics and Neurotoxicity

scientific article published on June 2015

Effect of iodine supplementation during pregnancy on infant neurodevelopment at 1 year of age.

scientific article published on 8 March 2011

Effects of public health interventions on industrial emissions and ambient air in Cartagena, Spain

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Environmental factors affecting children's respiratory health in the first years of life: a review of the scientific literature

scientific article published on 18 July 2008

Epidemiology of sepsis in the Valencian Community (Spain), 1995-2004.

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Erratum to “Prenatal exposure to mercury in a prospective mother–infant cohort study in a Mediterranean area, Valencia, Spain" [Science of the Total Environment 392 (2008) 69--78]

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Estado actual sobre la exposición alimentaria al mercurio durante el embarazo y la infancia, y recomendaciones en salud pública

Estimation of personal NO2 exposure in a cohort of pregnant women

scientific article published on 8 September 2009

Exposure to ambient air pollution and prenatal and early childhood health effects

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Exposure to ambient air pollution during pregnancy and preterm birth: A Spanish multicenter birth cohort study

scientific article published on 3 February 2016

Exposure to elevated temperatures and risk of preterm birth in Valencia, Spain

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Exposure to mercury among Spanish preschool children: Trend from birth to age four

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Exposure to nitrogen dioxide and respiratory health at 2 years in the INMA-Valencia cohort

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Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and thyroid function in pregnant women and children: A systematic review of epidemiologic studies

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Exposure to trihalomethanes through different water uses and birth weight, small for gestational age, and preterm delivery in Spain

scientific article published on 2 August 2011

Fish Consumption During Pregnancy, Prenatal Mercury Exposure, and Anthropometric Measures at Birth in a Prospective Mother-Infant Cohort Study in Spain

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Fish and seafood consumption during pregnancy and the risk of asthma and allergic rhinitis in childhood: a pooled analysis of 18 European and US birth cohorts

scientific article published on 27 February 2017

Fish consumption during pregnancy, prenatal mercury exposure, and anthropometric measures at birth in a prospective mother-infant cohort study in Spain

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Genome-wide association and longitudinal analyses reveal genetic loci linking pubertal height growth, pubertal timing and childhood adiposity

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Health effects of the 2012 Valencia (Spain) wildfires on children in a cohort study

scientific article published on 29 July 2015

High temperature and hospitalizations for cardiovascular and respiratory causes in 12 European cities

scientific article published on 5 December 2008

In utero exposure to mixtures of xenoestrogens and child neuropsychological development

scientific article published in August 2014

Indoor air pollution from gas cooking and infant neurodevelopment

scientific article published in January 2012

Indoor and outdoor air concentrations of BTEX and determinants in a cohort of one-year old children in Valencia, Spain

scientific article published on 20 October 2010

Infants' indoor and outdoor residential exposure to benzene and respiratory health in a Spanish cohort

scientific article published on 4 January 2017

Influence of prenatal exposure to environmental pollutants on human cord blood levels of glutamate

scholarly article by Aina Palou-Serra et al published January 2014 in NeuroToxicology

Levels of pollutants in indoor air and respiratory health in preschool children: a systematic review

scientific article published on March 2009

Lifelong Residential Exposure to Green Space and Attention: A Population-based Prospective Study

scientific article published on 18 September 2017

Male specific association between xenoestrogen levels in placenta and birthweight

scientific article published on 21 December 2012

Maternal Consumption of Seafood in Pregnancy and Child Neuropsychological Development: A Longitudinal Study Based on a Population With High Consumption Levels

scientific article published on 5 January 2016

Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy and Fetal Biometry

Maternal cell phone use during pregnancy and child behavioral problems in five birth cohorts

scientific article published on 6 April 2017

Maternal selenium status and neuropsychological development in Spanish preschool children

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Mechanisms of the Development of Allergy (MeDALL): Introducing novel concepts in allergy phenotypes

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Microsporidia and Its Relation to Crohn's Disease. A Retrospective Study

scientific article published on April 18, 2013

Monitoring concentrations of persistent organic pollutants in the general population: the international experience

scientific article published on 03 December 2007

Métodos de series temporales en los estudios epidemiológicos sobre contaminación atmosférica

article published in 1999

Occurrence of DBPs in Drinking Water of European Regions for Epidemiology Studies

Organochlorine Compounds and Ultrasound Measurements of Fetal Growth in the INMA Cohort (Spain).

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Outdoor NO2 and benzene exposure in the INMA (Environment and Childhood) Asturias cohort (Spain)

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Outdoor, but not indoor, nitrogen dioxide exposure is associated with persistent cough during the first year of life

scientific article published in September 2011

Outdoor, indoor and personal distribution of BTEX in pregnant women from two areas in Spain – Preliminary results from the INMA project

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Periconceptional folic acid supplementation and anthropometric measures at birth in a cohort of pregnant women in Valencia, Spain

scientific article published on 28 January 2011

Polybromodiphenyl ethers in mothers and their newborns from a non-occupationally exposed population (Valencia, Spain).

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Polymorphisms in ABC transporter genes and concentrations of mercury in newborns--evidence from two Mediterranean birth cohorts

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Postnatal weight growth and trihalomethane exposure during pregnancy

scientific article published on 20 November 2014

Pre-natal exposure to dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene and infant lower respiratory tract infections and wheeze

scientific article published on 10 November 2011

Prenatal Exposure to Mercury, Fish Consumption During Pregnancy and Associated Factors in Four Spanish Birth Cohorts (INMA Project)

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Prenatal Exposure to NO2 and Ultrasound Measures of Fetal Growth in the Spanish INMA Cohort

scientific article published on 26 June 2015

Prenatal Exposure to Polybrominated Flame Retardants and Fetal Growth in the INMA Cohort (Spain).

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Prenatal and postnatal exposure to NO2 and child attentional function at 4-5years of age.

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Prenatal and postnatal insecticide use and infant neuropsychological development in a multicenter birth cohort study

scientific article published on 3 July 2013

Prenatal and postnatal residential usage of insecticides in a multicenter birth cohort in Spain

scientific article published on 19 January 2013

Prenatal exposure to DDE and PCB 153 and respiratory health in early childhood: a meta-analysis

scientific article published in July 2014

Prenatal exposure to PCB-153, p,p'-DDE and birth outcomes in 9000 mother-child pairs: exposure-response relationship and effect modifiers

scientific article published on 11 October 2014

Prenatal exposure to cooking gas and respiratory health in infants is modified by tobacco smoke exposure and diet in the INMA birth cohort study

scientific article published on December 2013

Prenatal exposure to lead in Spain: Cord blood levels and associated factors

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Prenatal exposure to mercury and infant neurodevelopment in a multicenter cohort in Spain: study of potential modifiers

scientific article published on 27 January 2012

Prenatal exposure to mercury and longitudinally assessed fetal growth: Relation and effect modifiers

scientific article published on 28 September 2017

Prenatal exposure to mixtures of xenoestrogens and repetitive element DNA methylation changes in human placenta

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Prenatal exposure to organochlorine compounds and birth size

scientific article published on 13 June 2011

Prenatal exposure to organochlorine compounds and neonatal thyroid stimulating hormone levels

scientific article published on 26 August 2009

Prenatal exposure to organochlorine compounds and neuropsychological development up to two years of life

scientific article published on 9 May 2012

Prenatal exposure to persistent organic pollutants and rapid weight gain and overweight in infancy

scientific article published on 15 October 2013

Prenatal exposure to residential air pollution and infant mental development: modulation by antioxidants and detoxification factors

scientific article published on 25 August 2011

Prenatal exposure to traffic-related air pollution and fetal growth in a cohort of pregnant women

scientific article published on 27 July 2012

Prenatal exposure to traffic-related air pollution and ultrasound measures of fetal growth in the INMA Sabadell cohort

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Prenatal head growth and child neuropsychological development at age 14 months

scientific article published on 10 December 2014

Prenatal mercury exposure and birth outcomes

scientific article published on 20 July 2016

Preterm birth and exposure to air pollutants during pregnancy

scientific article published on 6 October 2010

Prevalence of exposure to occupational risks during pregnancy in Spain

scientific article published on 4 July 2012

Quantifying the health impacts of outdoor air pollution: useful estimations for public health action

scientific article published on 15 March 2013

Reducing ambient levels of fine particulates could substantially improve health: a mortality impact assessment for 26 European cities

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Relación a corto plazo de la contaminación atmosférica y la mortalidad en 13 ciudades españolas

Relation between temperature and mortality in thirteen Spanish cities

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Residential exposure to outdoor air pollution during pregnancy and anthropometric measures at birth in a multicenter cohort in Spain

scientific article published on 23 March 2011

Secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) deficiency in serum of patients with GALTectomy (appendectomy and tonsillectomy).

scientific article published on 20 April 2007

Selenium status during pregnancy: Influential factors and effects on neuropsychological development among Spanish infants

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Short-term relationship between meteorological variables and hip fractures: an analysis carried out in a health area of the Autonomous Region of Valencia, Spain (1996-2005)

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Social factors associated with nitrogen dioxide (NO2) exposure during pregnancy: the INMA-Valencia project in Spain

scientific article published on 26 January 2011

Socioeconomic status and exposure to multiple environmental pollutants during pregnancy: evidence for environmental inequity?

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Sources of indoor air pollution and respiratory health in preschool children

scientific article (publication date: 2009)

Spatial analysis of the relationship between mortality from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease and drinking water hardness

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Studies conducted in Spain on concentrations in humans of persistent toxic compounds

scientific article published in May 2008

Surrounding greenness and pregnancy outcomes in four Spanish birth cohorts

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Swimming pool attendance, respiratory symptoms and infections in the first year of life

scientific article published on 7 March 2013

Synergistic Effects of Ambient Temperature and Air Pollution on Health in Europe: Results from the PHASE Project

scholarly article by Antonis Analitis et al published 28 August 2018 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Temperature in summer and children's hospitalizations in two Mediterranean cities

scientific article published on 15 June 2016

The INMA-INfancia y Medio Ambiente-(Environment and Childhood) project: More than 10 years contributing to environmental and neuropsychological research

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The Impact of Outdoor NO2 Exposure on Fetal Growth Assessed by Ultrasounds During Pregnancy

article published in 2009

The Urban Exposome during Pregnancy and Its Socioeconomic Determinants

scientific article published in 2018

The association of daily sulfur dioxide air pollution levels with hospital admissions for cardiovascular diseases in Europe (The Aphea-II study).

scientific article published on April 2003

The biomonitoring of toxic substances in biological samples of general population

scientific article published on 28 April 2016

The inter-annual variability of heat-related mortality in nine European cities (1990-2010)

article published in 2018

The use of household cleaning products during pregnancy and lower respiratory tract infections and wheezing during early life

Time trends in serum organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in the general population of Biscay, Spain

scientific article published on 23 January 2015

Transport, environment and health. 2008 SESPAS Report

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Trend in lead exposure in the Spanish child population in the last 20 years. An unrecognized example of health in all policies?

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Trends in environmental risks in the context of the economic crisis. SESPAS report 2014

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Trihalomethanes in swimming pool water in four areas of Spain participating in the INMA project

scientific article published on 11 November 2010

Un “filtro” sin indicios de relevancia para los estudios sobre concentraciones en humanos de compuestos tóxicos persistentes

article published in 2009

Understanding the complexity of IgE-related phenotypes from childhood to young adulthood: a Mechanisms of the Development of Allergy (MeDALL) seminar

scientific article published on 03 March 2012

Urinary 1-hydroxypyrene, air pollution exposure and associated life style factors in pregnant women

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Urinary concentrations of phthalates and phenols in a population of Spanish pregnant women and children

scientific article published on 25 March 2011

Variability of perfluoroalkyl substance concentrations in pregnant women by socio-demographic and dietary factors in a Spanish birth cohort

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Variación espacial de la exposición a contaminación atmosférica en la ciudad de Valencia y su relación con un índice de privación

Vegetable but Not Fruit Intake during Pregnancy Is Associated with Newborn Anthropometric Measures

Vitamin D Status in Pregnancy and Determinants in a Southern European Cohort Study

scientific article published on 5 February 2016

Vitamin D in Pregnancy and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder-like Symptoms in Childhood

scientific article published on July 2015

[Air pollution, climate change and health].

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