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Most relevant scientific articles
Research groups
KHOSHNOOD B., LOANE M., DE WALLE H., ARRIOLA L., ADDOR M.-C., BARISIC I. ET AL. Long term trends in prevalence of neural tube defects in Europe: Population based study. BMJ (Online). 2015;351.
LERTXUNDI A., BACCINI M., LERTXUNDI N., FANO E., ARANBARRI A., MARTíNEZ M.D. ET AL. Exposure to fine particle matter, ni- trogen dioxide and benzene during pregnancy and cognitive and psychomotor developments in children at 15months of age. Environment International. 2015;80:33-40.
ALTZIBAR J.M., ZIGORRAGA C., RODRíGUEZ R., LETURIA N., GARMENDIA A., RODRíGUEZ A. ET AL. Outbreak of acute gastroenteritis caused by contamination of drinking wa- ter in a factory, the Basque Country. Journal of Water and Health. 2015;13(1):168-173.
ORIBE M., LERTXUNDI A., BASTERRECHEA M., BEGIRISTAIN H., SANTA MARINA L., VILLAR M. ET AL. Prevalence of factors associated with the duration of exclusive breastfeeding during the first 6 months of life in the INMA birth cohort in
UGARTE M.D., ADIN A., GOICOA T., CASADO I., ARDANAZ E., LARRANAGA N.. Temporal evolution of brain cancer inci- dence in the municipalities of Navarre and the Basque Country, Spain. BMC Public Health. 2015;15(1).
Highlights
CÁNCER
Cancer surveillance is made through the Basque Cancer Registry (BCR). The registry is member of the European Network of Cancer Registries (ENCR) and the International Association of Cancer Regis- tries (IACR) and is involved in the activities coordi- nated by the IARCR. The BCR also belongs to the Spanish Network of Cancer Registries (REDECAN), founded in 2010.
The BCR has participated in international projects: Cancer Incidence in Five Continents (IARC), The CONCORD (Global surveillance of cancer survival) is a program that includes epidemiological research, teaching and overall monitoring of cancer survival, The EUROCARE (POPULATION -based CANCER SURVIVAL IN EUROPE).
Gipuzkoa. Gaceta Sanitaria. 2015;29(1):4-9.
SPECIFIC PROJECTS::
EPIC related:
• PI14/00556: Effect of exposure to Bisphenol-A on human health (cancer and ischaemic coronary heart disease) in the European Prospective Inves- tigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-Spain) study.
• PI 13/00020. Plasma concentrations of organo- chlorine compounds, lifestyle factors, and pan- creatic cancer risk within the EPIC cohort.
• PIE13/00048 Blood-based cancer detection: Development of an economical, sensitive and rapid paper-based device to detect cell free nu- cleic acids.
• PI15/01752 “Chronodiet, circadian clock genes polymorphisms, weight change, and obesity in the EPIC-Spain study”.
RESULTS:
Report: Characterization of exposure to radiofre- quency electromagnetic fields in kindergarten and primary schools of Gipuzkoa.
San Sebastian November 10, 2015.
Institution: Asociación Instituto Biodonostia · Contact: Hospital Donostia. Paseo Dr. Beguiristain, s/n 20014 San Sebastián · Tel.: 945 019 201 · E.mail: [email protected]
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