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Overview

Fernando Díaz-Barriga is affiliated with the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí in Mexico. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with particular attention to health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. Their body of work includes significant contributions to subfields such as plant science, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, biomedical engineering, and general health professions.

The scientist's research covers a range of specialized topics, including:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies

Frequent collaborative partners in their research include Rogelio Flores-Ramírez, Lorena Díaz de León-Martínez, Francisco Javier Pérez-Vázquez, Luz Eugenia Alcántara-Quintana, and Alejandra Abigail Berumen-Rodríguez.

Díaz-Barriga has published extensively in several scientific journals. The most frequent venues include:

  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Salud Pública de México
  • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
  • Chemosphere
  • World Mycotoxin Journal

Selected recent papers illustrate the range and focus of their research work:

  • A review of Environmental risks and vulnerability factors of indigenous populations from Latin America and the Caribbean in the face of the COVID-19, 2021, Global Public Health
  • Comparative analysis of chemical breath-prints through olfactory technology for the discrimination between SARS-CoV-2 infected patients and controls, 2021, Clinica Chimica Acta
  • Evaluation of acute and chronic exposure to aflatoxin B1 in indigenous women of the Huasteca Potosina, Mexico, 2020, Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Analysis of urinary metabolites of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in precarious workers of highly exposed occupational scenarios in Mexico, 2021, Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Evaluation of respiratory function and biomarkers of exposure to mixtures of pollutants in brick-kilns workers from a marginalized urban area in Mexico, 2021, Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Best Publications

  • Arsenic and heavy metal pollution of soil, water and sediments in a semi-arid climate mining area in Mexico

    Israel Razo;Leticia Carrizales;Javier Castro;Fernando Díaz-Barriga

  • Exposure to arsenic and lead and neuropsychological development in Mexican children.

    J. Calderón;M.E. Navarro;M.E. Jimenez-Capdeville;M.A. Santos-Diaz

  • E-Waste and Harm to Vulnerable Populations: A Growing Global Problem

    Michelle Heacock;Carol Bain Kelly;Kwadwo Ansong Asante;Linda S. Birnbaum

  • Modulators of mercury risk to wildlife and humans in the context of rapid global change

    Collin A. Eagles-Smith;Ellen K. Silbergeld;Niladri Basu;Paco Bustamante

  • Exposure to arsenic and lead of children living near a copper-smelter in San Luis Potosi, Mexico: Importance of soil contamination for exposure of children

    Leticia Carrizales;Israel Razo;Jesús I. Téllez-Hernández;Rocío Torres-Nerio

  • Endemic Fluorosis in San-Luis-Potosi, Mexico .1. Identification of Risk-Factors Associated with Human Exposure to Fluoride

    M Grimaldo;V H Borja-Aburto;A L Ramírez;M Ponce

  • Arsenic increased lipid peroxidation in rat tissues by a mechanism independent of glutathione levels.

    Osbaldo Ramos;Leticia Carrizales;Leticia Yanez;Jesus Mejia

  • Fluoride-induced disruption of reproductive hormones in men.

    Deogracias Ortiz-Pérez;Manuel Rodrı́guez-Martı́nez;Flavio Martı́nez;Vı́ctor H. Borja-Aburto

  • Overview of human health and chemical mixtures: problems facing developing countries.

    Leticia Yáñ ez;Deogracias Ortiz;Jaqueline Calderón;Lilia Batres

  • Environmental Pollution: An Under-recognized Threat to Children’s Health, Especially in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

    William A. Suk;Hamid Ahanchian;Kwadwo Ansong Asante;David O. Carpenter

  • Human exposure to metals. Pathways of exposure, biomarkers of effect, and host factors.

    Jaqueline Calderón;Deogracias Ortiz-Pérez;Leticia Yáñez;Fernando Dı́az-Barriga

  • Effects of lead-arsenic combined exposure on central monoaminergic systems.

    J.J. Mejía;F. Díaz-Barriga;J. Calderón;C. Ríos

  • Levels of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and deltamethrin in humans and environmental samples in malarious areas of Mexico.

    Leticia Yáñez;Deogracias Ortiz-Pérez;Lilia E. Batres;Vı́ctor H. Borja-Aburto

  • DNA damage in blood cells from children exposed to arsenic and lead in a mining area.

    Leticia Yáñez;Edelmira Garcı́a-Nieto;Emilio Rojas;Leticia Carrizales

  • Effect of arsenic, cadmium and lead on the induction of apoptosis of normal human mononuclear cells.

    H. De La Fuente;D. Portales-Pérez;L. Baranda;F. Díaz-Barriga

  • Exposure assessment of persistent organic pollutants and metals in Mexican children

    Antonio Trejo-Acevedo;Fernando Díaz-Barriga;Leticia Carrizales;Gabriela Domínguez

  • DDT-induced oxidative damage in human blood mononuclear cells

    Iván N. Pérez-Maldonado;Crispín Herrera;Lilia E. Batres;Roberto González-Amaro

  • DDT induces DNA damage in blood cells. Studies in vitro and in women chronically exposed to this insecticide.

    Leticia Yáñez;Vı́ctor H Borja-Aburto;Emilio Rojas;Hortensia de la Fuente

  • Genotoxicity induced in CD-1 mice by inhaled lead: differential organ response.

    Mahara Valverde;Teresa I. Fortoul;Fernando Díaz-Barriga;Jesús Mejía

  • Health Consequences of Environmental Exposures: Changing Global Patterns of Exposure and Disease.

    Philip J. Landrigan;J. Leith Sly;Mathuros Ruchirawat;Emerson R. Silva

  • Exposure of children to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Mexico: assessment of multiple sources.

    Rebeca I. Martínez-Salinas;M. Elena Leal;Lilia E. Batres-Esquivel;Gabriela Domínguez-Cortinas

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto González-Amaro
Roberto González-Amaro Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí
Peter D. Sly
Peter D. Sly University of Queensland
David O. Carpenter
David O. Carpenter University at Albany, State University of New York
Xia Huo
Xia Huo Jinan University
Philip J. Landrigan
Philip J. Landrigan Boston College
Åke Bergman
Åke Bergman Stockholm University
Martin van den Berg
Martin van den Berg Utrecht University
Andreas Sjödin
Andreas Sjödin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Valentina Bollati
Valentina Bollati University of Milan
Isabelle Romieu
Isabelle Romieu Emory University

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