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Carlos A. González

Carlos A. González

Overview

Carlos A. González is affiliated with the Institut Català d'Oncologia in Spain. Their primary research focus lies within the broad field of Medicine, with particular attention to subfields such as Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Hematology, and Molecular Biology.

The researcher has published extensively on topics including Blood groups and transfusion, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, and Neonatal Health and Biochemistry.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Carlos A. González cover a range of subjects and include:

  • "Greenhouse gases emissions from the diet and risk of death and chronic diseases in the EPIC-Spain cohort" (2020), published in European Journal of Public Health
  • "Plasma concentrations of persistent organic pollutants and pancreatic cancer risk" (2021), published in International Journal of Epidemiology
  • "Novel approach for damage detection in multiscale CNT-reinforced composites via wireless Joule heating monitoring" (2022), published in Composites Science and Technology
  • "A genomic approach to therapeutic target validation identifies a glucose-lowering GLP1R variant protective for coronary heart disease" (2020), published by UNC Libraries
  • "Follow-Up Study Confirms the Presence of Gastric Cancer DNA Methylation Hallmarks in High-Risk Precursor Lesions" (2021), published in Cancers

Frequent collaborators in their research include María-José Sánchez, Pilar Amiano, José María Huerta, Aurelio Barricarte, and Andrea Carolina Córdoba Guzmán.

Their work appears regularly in publication venues such as Gastroenterology, UNC Libraries, Transfusion and Apheresis Science, Annals of Oncology, and International Journal of Epidemiology.

Carlos A. González has also contributed to book publications, including titles published by Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira eBooks and Vernon Press eBooks. Notable books include:

  • Research in the Faculty of Basic Sciences. Results for Social Appropriation (2023)
  • Casas Tomadas: Monsters and Metaphors on the Periphery of Latin American Literature and Media [PDF, E-Book] (2025)

Best Publications

  • European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC): study populations and data collection

    E. Riboli;K. J. Hunt;N. Slimani;P. Ferrari

  • Dietary fibre in food and protection against colorectal cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC): an observational study

    Sheila A Bingham;Nicholas E Day;Robert Luben;Pietro Ferrari

  • Meat, Fish, and Colorectal Cancer Risk: The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

    Teresa Norat;Sheila Bingham;Pietro Ferrari;Nadia Slimani

  • Genome-wide association study identifies variants in the ABO locus associated with susceptibility to pancreatic cancer

    Laufey Amundadottir;Peter Kraft;Rachael Z. Stolzenberg-Solomon;Charles S. Fuchs

  • Body Size and Risk of Colon and Rectal Cancer in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

    Tobias Pischon;Petra H. Lahmann;Heiner Boeing;Christine Friedenreich

  • Postmenopausal serum androgens, oestrogens and breast cancer risk: the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition

    R. Kaaks;S. Rinaldi;T.J. Key;F. Berrino

  • Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Overall Cancer Risk in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

    Paolo Boffetta;Elisabeth Couto;Janine Wichmann;Janine Wichmann;Pietro Ferrari

  • Differences in the prospective association between individual plasma phospholipid saturated fatty acids and incident type 2 diabetes: the EPIC-InterAct case-cohort study.

    Nita G. Forouhi;Albert Koulman;Stephen J. Sharp;Fumiaki Imamura

  • Serum Sex Steroids in Premenopausal Women and Breast Cancer Risk Within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

    Rudolf Kaaks;Franco Berrino;Timothy Key;Sabina Rinaldi

  • Nitrosamine and related food intake and gastric and oesophageal cancer risk: a systematic review of the epidemiological evidence.

    Paula Jakszyn;Carlos Alberto González

  • Association between pre-diagnostic circulating vitamin D concentration and risk of colorectal cancer in European populations:a nested case-control study

    Mazda Jenab;H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita;Pietro Ferrari;Franzel J.B. van Duijnhoven

  • Diet and cancer prevention: Contributions from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study

    Carlos A. Gonzalez;Elio Riboli

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

    Paolo Boffetta;Antonio Agudo;Wolfgang Ahrens;Ellen Benhamou

  • 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

  • Genetic susceptibility and gastric cancer risk

    Carlos A. González;Núria Sala;Gabriel Capellá

  • 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

  • Is concordance with World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research guidelines for cancer prevention related to subsequent risk of cancer? : Results from the EPIC study

    Dora Romaguera;Anne Claire Vergnaud;Petra H. Peeters;Petra H. Peeters;Carla H. Van Gils

  • Fruit, vegetables, and colorectal cancer risk: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

    Fränzel J.B. Van Duijnhoven;H. Bas Bueno-De-Mesquita;Pietro Ferrari;Mazda Jenab

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Elio Riboli
Elio Riboli Imperial College London
Kim Overvad
Kim Overvad Aarhus University
Anne Tjønneland
Anne Tjønneland University of Copenhagen
Heiner Boeing
Heiner Boeing German Institute of Human Nutrition
Rosario Tumino
Rosario Tumino Provincial Health Authority of Syracuse
Petra H.M. Peeters
Petra H.M. Peeters Utrecht University
Antonia Trichopoulou
Antonia Trichopoulou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Paolo Vineis
Paolo Vineis Imperial College London
Domenico Palli
Domenico Palli Institute for the Study and Prevention of Cancer (Istituto per lo Studio, la Prevenzione e la Rete Oncologica)
Françoise Clavel-Chapelon
Françoise Clavel-Chapelon Institut Gustave Roussy

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