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Spain
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
112
Citations
43388
World Ranking
5165
National Ranking
70

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Antonio Agudo is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a significant concentration on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Oncology, Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to Nutritional Studies and Diet, Cancer Risks and Factors, Diet and Metabolism Studies, Head and Neck Cancer Studies, Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism, Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling, and Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease.

Antonio Agudo has contributed to multiple research papers over recent years, including:

  • "A Body Shape Index (ABSI) achieves better mortality risk stratification than alternative indices of abdominal obesity: results from a large European cohort," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Genome-wide Association Analysis in Humans Links Nucleotide Metabolism to Leukocyte Telomere Length," 2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • "The Role of Diet in Prognosis among Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Dietary Patterns and Diet Interventions," 2022, Nutrients
  • "Association of plasma biomarkers of fruit and vegetable intake with incident type 2 diabetes: EPIC-InterAct case-cohort study in eight European countries," 2020, BMJ
  • "Co-benefits from sustainable dietary shifts for population and environmental health: an assessment from a large European cohort study," 2021, The Lancet Planetary Health

The scientist frequently publishes in several academic venues, including UNC Libraries, Nutrients, International Journal of Cancer, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, and arXiv (Cornell University).

Antonio Agudo has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, namely Elisabete Weiderpass, Matthias B. Schulze, Pilar Amiano, Anne Tjønneland, and Rosario Tumino.

Best Publications

  • General and abdominal adiposity and risk of death in Europe.

    T. Pischon;H. Boeing;K. Hoffmann;M. Bergmann

  • General and Abdominal Adiposity and Risk of Death in Europe

    T. Pischon;H. Boeing;K. Hoffmann

  • A susceptibility locus for lung cancer maps to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit genes on 15q25

    Rayjean J. Hung;James D. Mckay;Valerie Gaborieau;Paolo Boffetta

  • Genome-wide meta-analyses identify multiple loci associated with smoking behavior

    Helena Furberg;Yunjung Kim;Jennifer Dackor;Eric Boerwinkle

  • Rare variants of large effect in BRCA2 and CHEK2 affect risk of lung cancer

    Yufei Wang;James D McKay;Thorunn Rafnar;Zhaoming Wang

  • The role of type of tobacco and type of alcoholic beverage in oral carcinogenesis.

    Xavier Castellsagué;Maria Jesús Quintana;Maria Carmen Martínez;Adoración Nieto

  • Dietary polyphenol intake in Europe: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study

    Raul Zamora-Ros;Viktoria Knaze;Joseph A. Rothwell;Bertrand Hémon

  • Multicenter Case-Control Study of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Lung Cancer in Europe

    Paolo Boffetta;Antonio Agudo;Wolfgang Ahrens;Ellen Benhamou

  • European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) calibration study: rationale, design and population characteristics

    N Slimani;R Kaaks;P Ferrari;C Casagrande

  • Fruit and vegetable intake and the risk of stomach and oesophagus adenocarcinoma in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-EURGAST).

    Carlos A. González;Guillem Pera;Antonio Agudo;H. Bas Bueno-De-Mesquita

  • Meat intake and risk of stomach and esophageal adenocarcinoma within the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC).

    Carlos A. González;Paula Jakszyn;Guillem Pera;Antonio Agudo

  • Physical activity and all-cause mortality across levels of overall and abdominal adiposity in European men and women: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition Study (EPIC)

    Ulf Ekelund;Ulf Ekelund;Heather A. Ward;Teresa Norat;Jian'an Luan

  • Alcohol attributable burden of incidence of cancer in eight European countries based on results from prospective cohort study

    Madlen Schütze;Heiner Boeing;Tobias Pischon;Jürgen Rehm

  • Lifetime and baseline alcohol intake and risk of colon and rectal cancers in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC).

    Pietro Ferrari;Mazda Jenab;Teresa Norat;Aurelie Moskal

  • Smoking and the risk of gastric cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

    Carlos A. González;Guillem Pera;Antonio Agudo;Domenico Palli

  • Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in the Spanish EPIC Cohort Study

    Genevieve Buckland;Carlos A. González;Antonio Agudo;Mireia Vilardell

  • Structure of the standardized computerized 24-h diet recall interview used as reference method in the 22 centers participating in the EPIC project

    Nadia Slimani;Geneviève Deharveng;Ruth U. Charrondière;Anne Linda van Kappel

  • Iron and Cancer Risk—A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Epidemiological Evidence

    Ana Fonseca-Nunes;Paula Jakszyn;Antonio Agudo

  • Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet Is Associated with Reduced 3-Year Incidence of Obesity

    Michelle Ann Mendez;Barry M Popkin;Paula Jakszyn;Antonio Berenguer

  • Meat consumption and prospective weight change in participants of the EPIC-PANACEA study

    Anne Claire Vergnaud;Teresa Norat;Dora Romaguera;Traci Mouw

Frequent Co-Authors

Elio Riboli
Elio Riboli Imperial College London
Kim Overvad
Kim Overvad Aarhus University
Antonia Trichopoulou
Antonia Trichopoulou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault
Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault University of Paris-Saclay
Rosario Tumino
Rosario Tumino Provincial Health Authority of Syracuse
Anne Tjønneland
Anne Tjønneland University of Copenhagen
Petra H.M. Peeters
Petra H.M. Peeters Utrecht University
Heiner Boeing
Heiner Boeing German Institute of Human Nutrition
Pagona Lagiou
Pagona Lagiou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Domenico Palli
Domenico Palli Institute for the Study and Prevention of Cancer (Istituto per lo Studio, la Prevenzione e la Rete Oncologica)

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