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Maria Dolores Chirlaque

Maria Dolores Chirlaque

Overview

Maria Dolores Chirlaque is affiliated with the University of Murcia in Spain. Their research spans primarily the fields of Medicine and Environmental Science, with a substantial focus on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist has investigated a range of topics in their publications, including:

  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research

Several of their recent papers illustrate the focus and scope of their work. These include:

  • Mediterranean Diet and Risk of Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease in the EPIC-Spain Dementia Cohort Study (2021), published in Nutrients
  • Concentrations of bisphenol-A in adults from the general population: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2021), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Bisphenol-A exposure and risk of breast and prostate cancer in the Spanish European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study (2021), published in Environmental Health
  • Residential proximity to industrial pollution sources and colorectal cancer risk: A multicase-control study (MCC-Spain) (2020), published in Environment International
  • 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

The scientist frequently publishes in certain journals, indicating established research collaborations and aligned areas of study. The main publication venues include:

  • Nutrients
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
  • Cancers
  • Gaceta Sanitaria

In collaborative research, Maria Dolores Chirlaque has worked extensively with peers including Pilar Amiano, María-José Sánchez, Marcela Guevara, Eva Ardanáz, and Sandra M. Colorado-Yohar.

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • Global surveillance of trends in cancer survival 2000-14 (CONCORD-3): analysis of individual records for 37 513 025 patients diagnosed with one of 18 cancers from 322 population-based registries in 71 countries.

    Claudia Allemani;Tomohiro Matsuda;Veronica Di Carlo;Rhea Harewood

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

    Honor Bixby;James Bentham;Bin Zhou;Mariachiara Di Cesare

  • 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

  • Descriptive epidemiology of Kaposi sarcoma in Europe. Report from the RARECARE project

    C.A. Stiller;A. Trama;D. Serraino;S. Rossi

  • Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants

    Andrea Rodriguez-Martinez;Bin Zhou;Marisa K. Sophiea;James Bentham

  • 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

  • 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

  • Reproductive risk factors and endometrial cancer: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition.

    Laure Dossus;Naomi Allen;Rudolf Kaaks;Kjersti Bakken

  • Colorectal cancer incidence, mortality, and stage distribution in European countries in the colorectal cancer screening era: an international population-based study

    Rafael Cardoso;Rafael Cardoso;Feng Guo;Feng Guo;Thomas Heisser;Thomas Heisser;Monika Hackl

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

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

  • Physical activity and risk of endometrial cancer : The European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition

    Christine Friedenreich;Anne Cust;Anne Cust;Anne Cust;Petra H. Lahmann;Karen Steindorf

  • Age at Menarche in Relation to Adult Height The EPIC Study

    N C Onland-Moret;P H M Peeters;C H van Gils;F Clavel-Chapelon

  • Fruit and vegetable intakes, dietary antioxidant nutrients, and total mortality in Spanish adults: findings from the Spanish cohort of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-Spain).

    Antonio Agudo;Laia Cabrera;Pilar Amiano;Eva Ardanaz

  • Combined impact of healthy lifestyle factors on colorectal cancer: a large European cohort study

    Krasimira Aleksandrova;Tobias Pischon;Mazda Jenab;H Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita;H Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita

  • Plasma carotenoids as biomarkers of intake of fruits and vegetables: individual-level correlations in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

    W K Al-Delaimy;N Slimani;P Ferrari;T Key

  • Estimation of Dietary Sources and Flavonoid Intake in a Spanish Adult Population (EPIC-Spain)

    Raul Zamora-Ros;Cristina Andres-Lacueva;Rosa M. Lamuela-Raventós;Toni Berenguer

  • Adherence to the mediterranean diet and risk of breast cancer in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition cohort study

    G Buckland;N Travier;V Cottet;V Cottet;C A González

  • Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer

    Jeroen R. Huyghe;Stephanie A. Bien;Tabitha A. Harrison;Hyun Min Kang

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonia Trichopoulou
Antonia Trichopoulou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Anne Tjønneland
Anne Tjønneland University of Copenhagen
Heiner Boeing
Heiner Boeing German Institute of Human Nutrition
Elio Riboli
Elio Riboli Imperial College London
Kim Overvad
Kim Overvad Aarhus University
Petra H.M. Peeters
Petra H.M. Peeters Utrecht University
Rosario Tumino
Rosario Tumino Provincial Health Authority of Syracuse
María José Sánchez
María José Sánchez University of Granada
Eva Ardanaz
Eva Ardanaz Instituto de Salud Pública de Navarra
Kay-Tee Khaw
Kay-Tee Khaw University of Cambridge

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