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J. Ramón Quirós

J. Ramón Quirós

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D-Index
121
Citations
43316
World Ranking
3643
National Ranking
72

Overview

J. Ramón Quirós is affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden. Their research spans several main fields of study, including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these, they have a focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, Oncology, Cancer Research, and Molecular Biology as notable subfields.

Their work covers diverse topics, particularly emphasizing Nutritional Studies and Diet, Diet and Metabolism Studies, Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism, Cancer Risks and Factors, Obesity, Physical Activity, and Diet, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, and Dietary Effects on Health.

Frequent publication venues for their work include the International Journal of Cancer, Nutrients, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, BMC Medicine, and Clinical Nutrition. These journals reflect the multidisciplinary nature of their research focus.

Noteworthy recent publications by J. Ramón Quirós include:

  • "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)
  • "Adiposity, metabolites, and colorectal cancer risk: Mendelian randomization study" (2020, BMC Medicine)
  • "Development and validation of a lifestyle-based model for colorectal cancer risk prediction: the LiFeCRC score" (2021, BMC Medicine)
  • "The associations of major foods and fibre with risks of ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke: a prospective study of 418,329 participants in the EPIC cohort across nine European countries" (2020, European Heart Journal)

J. Ramón Quirós often collaborates with a group of researchers who include María-José Sánchez, Elisabete Weiderpass, ­Rosario ­Tumino, Pilar Amiano, and Anne Tjønneland. These collaborations are reflected in multiple co-authored publications.

Best Publications

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

    Teresa Norat;Sheila Bingham;Pietro Ferrari;Nadia Slimani

  • Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies

    Angela M. Wood;Stephen Kaptoge;Adam S. Butterworth;Peter Willeit

  • Body size and breast cancer risk: findings from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC).

    Petra H. Lahmann;Kurt Hoffmann;Naomi Allen;Carla H. Van Gils

  • Prediction of acute myeloid leukaemia risk in healthy individuals

    Sagi Abelson;Grace Collord;Grace Collord;Stanley W.K. Ng;Omer Weissbrod

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Association Between Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol-Lowering Genetic Variants and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Meta-analysis

    Luca A. Lotta;Stephen J. Sharp;Stephen Burgess;John R B Perry

  • 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

  • Plasma antibodies to oral bacteria and risk of pancreatic cancer in a large European prospective cohort study

    Dominique S. Michaud;Jacques Izard;Charlotte S. Wilhelm-Benartzi;Doo Ho You

  • 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

  • Evaluation of Human Papillomavirus Antibodies and Risk of Subsequent Head and Neck Cancer

    Aimee R. Kreimer;Mattias Johansson;Tim Waterboer;Rudolf Kaaks

  • Dietary Fibre Intake and Risks of Cancers of the Colon and Rectum in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

    Neil Murphy;Teresa Norat;Pietro Ferrari;Mazda Jenab

  • Body size and risk of renal cell carcinoma in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC).

    Tobias Pischon;Petra H. Lahmann;Heiner Boeing;Anne Tjønneland

  • Fruit and vegetable intake and type 2 diabetes: EPIC-InterAct prospective study and meta-analysis.

    A. J. Cooper;N. G. Forouhi;Z. Ye;B. Buijsse

Frequent Co-Authors

Rosario Tumino
Rosario Tumino Provincial Health Authority of Syracuse
Kim Overvad
Kim Overvad Aarhus University
Elio Riboli
Elio Riboli Imperial College London
Anne Tjønneland
Anne Tjønneland University of Copenhagen
Heiner Boeing
Heiner Boeing German Institute of Human Nutrition
Antonia Trichopoulou
Antonia Trichopoulou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Petra H.M. Peeters
Petra H.M. Peeters Utrecht University
Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault
Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault University of Paris-Saclay
Kay-Tee Khaw
Kay-Tee Khaw University of Cambridge
Pagona Lagiou
Pagona Lagiou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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