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Lenters V, Iszatt N, Forns J , Cechova E, Kocan A, Legler J, Leonards P, Stigum H, Eggesbo M. Early-life exposure to persistent organic pollutants (OCPs, PBDEs, PCBs, PFASs) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a multi-pollutant analysis of a Norwegian birth cohort . Environ Int. 2019 Apr;125:33-42. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.01.020
Casas M, Forns J , Martinez D , Guxens M, Fernandez-Somoano A, Ibarluzea J, Lertxundi N, Murcia M, Rebagliato M, Tardon A, Sunyer J, Vrijheid M. Maternal pre-pregnancy obesity and neuropsychological development in pre-school children: a prospective cohort study . Pediatr Res. 2017 Oct;82(4):596-606. doi: 10.1038/pr.2017.118
Lopez-Vicente M, Garcia-Aymerich J, Torrent-Pallicer J, Forns J , Ibarluzea J, Lertxundi N, Gonzalez L, Valera-Gran D, Torrent M, Dadvand P, Vrijheid M, Sunver J. Are early physical activity and sedentary behaviors related to working memory at 7 and 14 years of age? J Pediatr. 2017 Sep;188:35-41.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.05.079.
Mortamais M, Pujol J, van Drooge BL, Macia D, Martinez-Vilavella G, Reynes C, Sabatier R, Rivas I, Grimalt J, Forns J , Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Querol X, Sunyer J. Effect of exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on basal ganglia and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in primary school children . Environ Int. 2017 Aug;105:12-9. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2017.04.011
Suades-Gonzalez E, Forns J , Garcia-Esteban R , Lopez-Vicente M, Esnaola M, Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Julvez J, Caceres A, Basagana X, Lopez-Sala A, Sunyer J. A longitudinal study on attention development in primary school children with and without teacher-reported symptoms of ADHD . Front Psychol. 2017 May 16;8:655. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00655
Fuertes E, Standl M, Forns J , Berdel D, Garcia-Aymerich J, Markevych I, Schulte-Koerne G, Sugiri D, Schikowski T, Tiesler CM, Heinrich J. Traffic-related air pollution and hyperactivity/inattention, dyslexia and dyscalculia in adolescents of the German GINIplus and LISAplus birth cohorts . Environ Int. 2016 Dec;97:85-92. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.10.017
Marinelli M, Pappa I, Bustamante M, Bonilla C, Suarez A, Tiesler CM, Vilor-Tejedor N, Zafarmand MH, Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Andersson S, Bakermans-Kranenburg MJ, Estivill X, Evans DM, Flexeder C, Forns J , Gonzalez JR, Guxens M, Huss A, van IJzendoorn MH, Jaddoe VW, Julvez J, Lahti J, Lopez-Vicente M, Lopez-Espinosa MJ, Manz J, Mileva-Seitz VR, Perola M, Pesonen AK, Rivadeneira F, Salo PP, Shahand S, Schulz H, Standl M, Thiering E, Timpson NJ, Torrent M, Uitterlinden AG, Smith GD, Estarlich M, Heinrich J, Raikkonen K, Vrijkotte TG, Tiemeier H, Sunyer J. Heritability and genome-wide association analyses of sleep duration in children: the EAGLE consortium . Sleep. 2016 Aug.
Pujol J, Fenoll R, Macia D, Martinez-Vilavella G, Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Rivas I, Forns J , Deus J, Blanco-Hinojo L, Querol X, Sunyer J. Airborne copper exposure in school environments associated with poorer motor performance and altered basal ganglia . Brain Behav. 2016 Apr 22;e00467. doi: 10.1002/brb3.467
Pujol J, Martinez-Vilavella G, Macia D, Fenoll R, Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Rivas I, Forns J , Blanco-Hinojo L, Capellades J, Querol X, Deus J, Sunyer J. Traffic pollution exposure is associated with altered brain connectivity in school children . Neuroimage. 2016 Apr;1(129):175-84. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.01.036.
Forns J , Dadvand P, Foraster M , Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Rivas I, Lopez-Vicente M, Suades-Gonzalez E, Garcia-Esteban R , Esnaola M, Cirach M, Grellier J, Basagana X, Querol X, Guxens M, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Sunyer J. Traffic-related air pollution, noise at school, and behavioral problems in Barcelona schoolchildren: a cross-sectional study . Environ Health Perspect. 2016 Apr;124(4):529-35. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1409449.
Guxens M, Ghassabian A, Gong T, Garcia-Esteban R , Porta D, Giorgis-Allemand L, Almqvist C, Aranbarri A, Beelen R, Badaloni C, Cesaroni G, de Nazelle A, Estarlich M, Forastiere F, Forns J , Gehring U, Ibarluzea J, Jaddoe VWV, Korek m, Lichtenstein P, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Rebagliato M, Slama R, Tiemeier H, Verhulst FC, Volk HE, Pershagen G, Brunekreef B, Sunyer J. Air pollution exposure during pregnancy and childhood autistic traits in four european population-based cohort studies: the ESCAPE project . Environ Health Perspect. 2016 Jan;124(1):133-40. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1408483
Casas M, Forns J , Martinez D , Avella-Garcia C, Valvi D, Ballesteros-Gomez A, Luque N, Rubio S, Julvez J, Sunyer J, Vrijheid M. Exposure to bisphenol A during pregnancy and child neuropsychological development in the INMA-Sabadell cohort . Environ Res. 2015 Oct;142:671-9. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.07.024
Dadvand P, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Esnaola M, Forns J , Basagana X, Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Rivas I, Lopez-Vicente M, De Castro Pascual M, Su J, Jerrett M, Querol X, Sunyer J. Green spaces and cognitive development in primary schoolchildren . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Jun 30;112(26):7937-42. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1503402112
Alamo-Junquera D, Sunyer J, Iniguez C, Ballester F, Garcia-Esteban R , Forns J , Turner MC, Lertxundi A, Lertxundi N, Fernandez-Somoano A, Rodriquez-Dehli C, Julvez J. Prenatal head growth and child neuropsychological development at age 14 months . Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2015 May;212(5):661e1-e11. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.12.001
Sunyer J, Esnaola M, Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Forns J , Rivas I, Lopez-Vicente M, Suades-Gonzalez E, Foraster M , Garcia-Esteban R , Basagana X, Viana M, Cirach M, Moreno T, Alastuey A, Sebastian-Galles N, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Querol X. Association between traffic-related air pollution in schools and cognitive development in primary school children: a prospective cohort study . PLoS Med. 2015 Mar 3;12(3):e1001792. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001792
Vilahur N, Fernandez MF, Bustamante M, Ramos R, Forns J , Ballester F, Murcia M, Riano I, Ibarluzea J, Olea N, Sunyer J. In utero exposure to mixtures of xenoestrogens and child neuropsychological development . Environ Res. 2014 Oct;134:98-104. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.07.002
Guxens M, Garcia-Esteban R , Giorgis-Allemand L, Forns J , Badaloni C, Ballester F, Beelen R, Cesaroni G, Chatzi L, de Agostini M, de Nazelle A, Eeftens M, Fernandez MF, Fernandez-Somoano A, Forastiere F, Gehring U, Ghassabian A, Heude B, Jaddoe VW, Klumper C, Kogevinas M, Kramer U, Larroque B, Lertxundi A, Lertxuni N, Murcia M, Navel V, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Porta D, Ramos R, Roumeliotaki T, Slama R, Sorensen M, Stephanou EG, Sugiri D, Tardon A, Tiemeier H, Tiesler CM, Verhulst FC, Vrijkotte T, Wilhelm M, Brunekreef B, Pershagen G, Sunyer J. Air pollution during pregnancy and childhood cognitive and psychomotor development: six European birth cohorts . Epidemiology. 2014 Sep;25(5):636-47. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000133
Forns J , Vegas O, Julvez J, Garcia-Esteban R , Rivera M, Lertxundi N, Guxens M, Fano E, Ferrer M, Grellier J, Ibarluzea J, Sunyer J. Association between child cortisol levels in saliva and neuropsychological development during the second year of life . Stress Health. 2014 Apr;30(2):142-8. doi: 10.1002/smi.2504
Sunyer J, Alvarez Pedrerol M, Forns J , Rivas I, Lopez-Vicente M, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Querol X. Brain and school traffic air pollution: the BREATHE project, ecological association . Presented at the Conference of ISEE, ISES, and ISIAQ; August 2013. Basel, Switzerland.
Amoly E, Dadvand P, Forns J , Lopez Vicente M, Cirach M, Alvarez Pedrerol M, Julvez J, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Sunyer J. Use of green spaces and behavioral indicators of neurodevelopment in schoolchildren . Presented at the 2013 Conference of ISEE, ISES, and ISIAQ; August 2013. Basel, Switzerland.
Gascon M, Verner MA, Guxens M, Grimalt JO, Forns J , Ibarluzea J, Lertxundi N, Ballester F, Llop S, Haddad S, Sunyer J, Vrijheid M. Evaluating the neurotoxic effects of lactational exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Spanish children . Neurotoxicology. 2013 Jan;34:9-15. doi: 10.1016/j.neuro.2012.10.006
Julvez J, Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Rebagliato M, Murcia M, Forns J , Garcia-Esteban R , Lertxundi N, Espada M, Tardon A, Riano Galan I, Sunyer J. Thyroxine levels during pregnancy in healthy women and early child neurodevelopment . Epidemiology. 2013 Jan;24(1):150-7. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e318276ccd3
Forns J , Lertxundi N, Aranbarri A, Murcia M, Gascon M, Martinez D , Grellier J, Lertxundi A, Julvez J, Fano E, Goni F, Grimalt JO, Ballester F, Sunyer J, Ibarluzea J. Prenatal exposure to organochlorine compounds and neuropsychological development up to two years of life . Environ Int. 2012 Sep 15;45:72-7. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.04.009