Listar MED_Articles por autoría "98c791f7-8251-4d4e-9632-6800c47e32de"
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A critical review of the epidemiological evidence of effects of air pollution on dementia, cognitive function and cognitive decline in adult population
Elsevier (2021)Dementia is arguably the most pressing public health challenge of our age. Since dementia does not have a cure,identifying risk factors that can be controlled has become paramount to reduce the personal, societal and ... -
Adverse pregnancy and perinatal outcomes in Latin America and the Caribbean: systematic review and meta-analysis
World Health Organization (2022)Objective. To estimate the point prevalence and likely ranges of pregnancy-induced hypertension, preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, low birth weight and preterm delivery in Latin America and the Caribbean, and evaluate ...
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Air pollution and endocrine disruptors induce human microbiome imbalances: A systematic review of recent evidence and possible biological mechanisms
Elsevier (2022-02-11)A rich body of literature indicates that environmental factors interact with the human microbiome and influence its composition and functions contributing to the pathogenesis of diseases in distal sites of the body. This ...
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Assessing oxidative stress resulting from environmental exposure to metals (Oids) in a middle Eastern population
Springer (2021-08-14)Concentrations of metals and metalloids derived mainly from anthropogenic activities have increased considerably in the environment. Metals might be associated with increase reactive oxygen species (ROS) damage, potentially ...
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Cross-sectional evaluation of the association between greenness and cognitive performance in Mexican pre-pubertal boys
Elsevier (2023-08-23)Background Evidence shows that greenspace exposure benefits children's health and cognitive development. However, evidence assessing this association in young children in low- and middle-income economies is scarce. O ...
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Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in aerosols in long term care facilities and other indoor spaces with known COVID-19 outbreaks
Elsevier (2023-11-23)Coronavirus outbreaks are likely to occur in crowded and congregate indoor spaces, and their effects are most severe in vulnerable long term care facilities (LTCFs) residents. Public health officers benefit from tools that ... -
Development of Spatio-Temporal Land Use Regression Models for Fine Particulate Matter and Wood-Burning Tracers in Temuco, Chile
American Chemical Society (2023-11-17)Biomass burning is common in much of the world, and in some areas, residential wood-burning has increased. However, air pollution resulting from biomass burning is an important public health problem. A sampling campaign ...
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Environmentally relevant iron oxide nanoparticles produce limited acute pulmonary effects in rats at realistic exposure levels
MDPI (2021-01-08)Iron is typically the dominant metal in the ultrafine fraction of airborne particulate matter. Various studies have investigated the toxicity of inhaled nano-sized iron oxide particles (FeOxNPs) but their results have ...
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Exploring urinary biomarkers to assess oxidative DNA damage resulting from BTEX exposure in street children
Elsevier (2021-07-22)Children are highly susceptible to environmental contaminants as their physiology and some metabolic pathways differ from adults. The present cross-sectional study aimed to assess whether exposure to benzene, toluene, ...
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Exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and premature skin aging
Elsevier (2020-10-24)Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are a ubiquitous group of persistent chemicals distributed globally in the environment. Skin aging is a notorious process that is prematurely induced by the interaction between ...
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Factors affecting occupational black carbon exposure in enclosed railway stations
Elsevier Ltd. (2022-08-02)Many rail services around the world continue to use diesel as the primary fuel source and enclosed railway stations have been identified as a possible hotspot for exposure to harmful diesel exhaust exposures. Little is ...
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Genetic Load of SARS-CoV-2 in Aerosols Collected in Operating Theaters
American Society for Microbiology (2022-09-14)After the outbreak of COVID-19, additional protocols have been established to prevent the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 from the patient to the health personnel and vice versa in health care settings. However, in the case ...
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Health consequences of disinfection against SARS-CoV-2: Exploring oxidative stress damage using a biomonitoring approach
Elsevier (2022-03-25)Individuals who get involved in the disinfection of public settings using sodium hypochlorite might suffer adverse health effects. However, scarce information is available on the potential oxidative stress damage caused ...
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Intervention of an Upgraded Ventilation System and Effects of the COVID-19 Lockdown on Air Quality at Birmingham New Street Railway Station
MDPI (2022-01-05)High NO2 concentrations (long term average of 383 µg/m3 in 2016/2017) recorded at Birmingham New Street railway station have resulted in the upgrade of the bi-directional fan system to aid wind dispersion within the ...
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Morphological and chemical characterisation of indoor quasi-ultrafine particles
Elsevier (2024-02-01)Particles in the nanoscale range have intrinsic physicochemical characteristics that define their interaction with the human body and ultimately their toxicity. Whilst research has focused on engineered nanomaterials or ...
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Quality of automatic geocoding tools: a study using addresses from hospital record files in Temuco, Chile
Escolha das editoras (2022)Automatic geocoding methods have become popular in recent years, facilitating the study of the association between health outcomes and the place of living. However, rather few studies have evaluated geocoding quality, with ...
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Risk Factors for Thyroid Dysfunction in Pregnancy: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis
(2024)Background: International guidelines recommend targeted screening to identify gestational thyroid dysfunction. However, currently used risk factors have questionable discriminative ability. We quantified the risk for thyroid ...
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Social inequalities, green and blue spaces and mental health in 6–12 years old children participating in the INMA cohort
Elsevier (2023)Availability of green and blue spaces in the area of residence has been related to various health outcomes during childhood, including mental health. These environmental exposures are not evenly distributed among socioeconomic ...
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Spatial distribution of particulate matter on winter nights in Temuco, Chile: Studying the impact of residential wood-burning using mobile monitoring
Elsevier (2022-12-01)Temuco, a medium-sized city in the south of Chile, is heavily impacted by residential wood-burning particularly in winter, which causes strong episodes of air pollution. We spatially characterized the distribution of ...
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Spatio-temporal distribution of particulate matter and wood-smoke tracers in Temuco, Chile: A city heavily impacted by residential wood-burning
Elsevier (2023-02-01)Temuco, like most Southern Chile cities, has a long-standing air pollution problem due to residential wood heating. Here, we study the temporal and spatial distribution of PM2.5 and the biomass-burning tracers levoglucosan ...
