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  1. Association of respiratory symptoms and lung function with occupation in the multinational Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, August 2022, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andre FS Amaral

  2. Risk factors for low forced vital capacity in the multinational BOLD study: An update

    Article • September 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andre FS Amaral

  3. Associations between modeled residential outdoor and measured personal exposure to ultrafine particles in four European study areas

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, April 2020, Elsevier

    Andre FS Amaral

  4. Body mass index and weight change are associated with adult lung function trajectories: the prospective ECRHS study

    Article • Thorax, February 2020, BMJ

    Andre FS Amaral

  5. Association of adult lung function with accelerated biological aging

    Article • Aging, January 2020, Impact Journals, LLC

    Prof. John W Holloway, Andre FS Amaral

  6. ERS International Congress, Madrid, 2019: highlights from the Epidemiology and Environment Assembly

    Article • ERJ Open Research, January 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andre FS Amaral

  7. Testing bronchodilator responsiveness

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, December 2019, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Christer Janson, Andre FS Amaral

  8. Air pollution and chronic airway disease

    Article • The Lancet, November 2019, Elsevier

    Andre FS Amaral

  9. The long shadow post-tuberculosis

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, November 2019, Elsevier

    Andre FS Amaral

  10. Residential greenness and lung function in a prospective cohort of European adults: The ECRHS study

    Article • September 2019, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andre FS Amaral

  11. Age at menopause and lung function: a Mendelian randomisation study

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, August 2019, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andre FS Amaral, Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  12. Bronchodilator reversibility in asthma and COPD: findings from three large population studies

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, June 2019, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Christer Janson, Andre FS Amaral

  13. Epigenome-wide association study of lung function level and its change

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, May 2019, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Prof. John W Holloway, Andre FS Amaral, Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  14. DNA Methylation in Inflammatory Pathways Modifies the Association between BMI and Adult-Onset Non-Atopic Asthma

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, February 2019, MDPI AG

    Andre FS Amaral

  15. Summary of research on respiratory diseases and tobacco at the population level

    Article • ERJ Open Research, February 2019, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andre FS Amaral, Miss Eleanor L Axson

  16. P237 Age at menopause and lung function: a mendelian randomization study

    Article • December 2018, BMJ

    Andre FS Amaral

  17. Acute changes in DNA methylation in relation to 24 h personal air pollution exposure measurements: A panel study in four European countries

    Article • Environment International, November 2018, Elsevier

    Andre FS Amaral

  18. The effect of early puberty on asthma in women and men: A Mendelian randomization study

    Article • September 2018, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andre FS Amaral

  19. Effect of asthma on the development of obesity among adults: Results of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS)

    Article • September 2018, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andre FS Amaral

  20. Body mass index trajectories during adult life and lung function decline

    Article • September 2018, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andre FS Amaral

  21. Age at menopause and lung function: A Mendelian randomization study

    Article • September 2018, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andre FS Amaral

  22. Cardio metabolic traits and lung function: A Mendelian Randomization study

    Article • September 2018, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andre FS Amaral

  23. Body mass index and lung function: A two-step epigenetic Mendelian randomization study

    Article • September 2018, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andre FS Amaral

  24. Highlights from the European Respiratory Society 2018 Annual Congress: environment and epidemiology (assembly 6)

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, September 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Andre FS Amaral

  25. Cottage by the sea or house above the trees: which is better for my lungs?

    Article • Thorax, August 2018, BMJ

    Andre FS Amaral

  26. SERPINA1 methylation and lung function in tobacco-smoke exposed European children and adults: a meta-analysis of ALEC population-based cohorts

    Article • Respiratory Research, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. John W Holloway, Andre FS Amaral

  27. Author Correction: Genome-wide association and HLA fine-mapping studies identify risk loci and genetic pathways underlying allergic rhinitis

    Article • Nature Genetics, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andre FS Amaral, Adnan Custovic

  28. Puberty and asthma

    Article • PLoS Medicine, August 2018, PLOS

    Andre FS Amaral, Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  29. Genome-wide association and HLA fine-mapping studies identify risk loci and genetic pathways underlying allergic rhinitis

    Article • Nature Genetics, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andre FS Amaral, Adnan Custovic

  30. Solid fuels and chronic airflow obstruction

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, March 2018, American Thoracic Society

    Andre FS Amaral

  31. New kids on the block in the ECMC and opportunities for early career members in 2018

    Article • Breathe, February 2018, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Sabine Bartel, Andre FS Amaral

  32. Highlights from the European Respiratory Society 2017 annual congress: epidemiology and environment (assembly 6)

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, November 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Andre FS Amaral

  33. Unemployment in chronic airflow obstruction around the world: results from the BOLD study

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, September 2017, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andre FS Amaral, Marta Erdal

  34. Late Breaking Abstract - Repeated cross-sectional epigenome-wide association study (EWAS) on lung function: the ALEC Project

    Article • September 2017, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andre FS Amaral

  35. Association between accelerated biological aging and adult lung function

    Article • September 2017, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andre FS Amaral

  36. Unemployment in chronic airflow obstruction (CAO) around the world: Results from the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study

    Article • September 2017, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andre FS Amaral

  37. Late Breaking Abstract - SERPINA1 methylation and lung function: Results from SAPALDIA, the Swiss population-based cohort study

    Article • September 2017, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andre FS Amaral

  38. Puberty and lung function

    Article • European Journal of Epidemiology, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andre FS Amaral

  39. Sex differences in the association of airflow obstruction (a hallmark of COPD) with smoking history

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, May 2017, American Thoracic Society

    Andre FS Amaral

  40. Systematic review of lung function and COPD with peripheral blood DNA methylation in population based studies

    Article • BMC Pulmonary Medicine, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andre FS Amaral, Prof. John W Holloway

  41. Lung function and menopause.

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, September 2016, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andre FS Amaral

  42. Lung function in postmenopausal women from the UK Biobank

    Article • September 2016, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andre FS Amaral

  43. Understanding the Influence of Genes, Diet, and Occupation on Respiratory Health

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, July 2016, American Thoracic Society

    Andre FS Amaral

  44. Allergen sensitisation and aging

    Article • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, June 2016, Elsevier

    Andre FS Amaral

  45. Association of Forced Vital Capacity with the Developmental Gene NCOR2

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2016, PLOS

    Andre FS Amaral, David Lederer

  46. Lung function defects in treated pulmonary tuberculosis patients

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, December 2015, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andre FS Amaral

  47. Cardiometabolic risk factors and lung capacity

    Article • Respiratory Medicine, December 2015, Elsevier

    Andre FS Amaral

  48. Change in prevalence of IgE sensitization over 20 years in the European community respiratory health survey cohort

    Article • September 2015, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andre FS Amaral

  49. Tuberculosis associates with both airflow obstruction and low lung function: BOLD results

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, June 2015, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andre FS Amaral, Associate Professor Brett G Toelle

  50. The locusC11orf30increases susceptibility to poly-sensitization

    Article • Allergy, December 2014, Wiley

    Andre FS Amaral

  51. LINE-1 methylation in granulocyte DNA and trihalomethane exposure is associated with bladder cancer risk

    Article • Epigenetics, November 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Andre FS Amaral

  52. Metabolomics of asthma

    Article • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, May 2014, Elsevier

    Andre FS Amaral

  53. Interaction between gas cooking andGSTM1null genotype in bronchial responsiveness: results from the European Community Respiratory Health Survey

    Article • Thorax, March 2014, BMJ

    Andre FS Amaral

  54. LINE-1 methylation in leukocyte DNA, interaction with phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase variants and bladder cancer risk

    Article • British Journal of Cancer, March 2014, Nature

    Andre FS Amaral

  55. Pesticides and Asthma: Challenges for Epidemiology

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, January 2014, Frontiers

    Andre FS Amaral

  56. Searching for urine biomarkers of bladder cancer recurrence using a liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry and capillary electrophoresis–mass spectrometry metabolomics approach

    Article • Journal of Chromatography A, November 2013, Elsevier

    Andre FS Amaral, Professor Emanuel Carrilho

  57. Genetic and Non-genetic Predictors of LINE-1 Methylation in Leukocyte DNA

    Article • Environmental Health Perspectives, April 2013, Environmental Health Perspectives

    Andre FS Amaral

  58. Plasma 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 and Bladder Cancer Risk According to Tumor Stage and FGFR3 Status: A Mechanism-Based Epidemiological Study

    Article • JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute, October 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Andre FS Amaral

  59. Cyclooxygenase-2 Expression in Bladder Cancer and Patient Prognosis: Results from a Large Clinical Cohort and Meta-Analysis

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2012, PLOS

    Andre FS Amaral

  60. Exposure of thermoelectric power-plant workers to volatile organic compounds from fuel oil: Genotoxic and cytotoxic effects in buccal epithelial cells

    Article • Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis, September 2012, Elsevier

    Andre FS Amaral

  61. 1157 Association of LINE-1 Methylation With Risk of Bladder Cancer in the Spanish Population

    Article • European Journal of Cancer, July 2012, Elsevier

    Andre FS Amaral

  62. Pancreatic cancer risk and levels of trace elements

    Article • Gut, December 2011, BMJ

    Andre FS Amaral

  63. Volcanogenic Contaminants: Chronic Exposure

    Article • January 2011, Elsevier

    Andre FS Amaral

  64. Selenium and Bladder Cancer Risk: a Meta-analysis

    Article • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, August 2010, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

    Andre FS Amaral

  65. Letter to the editor: Association between cadmium concentrations and -5 A/G MT2A polymorphism (how significant is it?)

    Article • Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, August 2010, Elsevier

    Andre FS Amaral

  66. Selenoproteins and bladder cancer risk: A case–control study

    Article • Toxicology Letters, July 2010, Elsevier

    Andre FS Amaral

  67. Bioavailability of heavy metals and apoptotic effects on the midgut cells of Pseudaletia unipuncta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) inhabiting volcanic environments

    Article • Toxicology Letters, September 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Luis Cunha, Andre FS Amaral

  68. Oral epithelium micronuclei as biomarker in human monitoring of urban air (ARAUTO)

    Article • Toxicology Letters, September 2009, Elsevier

    Andre FS Amaral

  69. Selenium and risk of bladder cancer: A meta-analysis of epidemiological studies

    Article • Toxicology Letters, September 2009, Elsevier

    Andre FS Amaral

  70. Baseline metal concentrations in marine algae from São Miguel (Azores) under different ecological conditions – Urban proximity and shallow water hydrothermal activity

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, August 2009, Elsevier

    Andre FS Amaral

  71. Prevalence of Calodium hepaticum (Syn. Capillaria hepatica) in house mice (Mus musculus) in the Azores archipelago

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, March 2009, Elsevier

    Andre FS Amaral

  72. Trace metals and over-expression of metallothioneins in bladder tumoral lesions: a case-control study

    Article • BMC Veterinary Research, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andre FS Amaral

  73. Trace metals and over-expression of metallothioneins in bladder tumoral lesions: a case-control study

    Article • BMC Veterinary Research, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andre FS Amaral

  74. Bioavailability of heavy metals and their effects on the midgut cells of a phytopaghous insect inhabiting volcanic environments

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, November 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Luis Cunha, Andre FS Amaral

  75. Essential and non-essential trace metals in scalp hair of men chronically exposed to volcanogenic metals in the Azores, Portugal

    Article • Environment International, November 2008, Elsevier

    Andre FS Amaral

  76. Bioavailable metals and cellular effects in the digestive gland of marine limpets living close to shallow water hydrothermal vents

    Article • Chemosphere, April 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Luis Cunha, Andre FS Amaral

  77. Reproductive cycle of the rissoidAlvania mediolittoralisGofas, 1989 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) at São Miguel Island (Azores, Portugal)

    Article • Invertebrate Reproduction & Development, January 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Andre FS Amaral

  78. Apoptosis, metallothionein, and bioavailable metals in domestic mice (Mus musculus L.) from a human-inhabited volcanic area

    Article • Ecotoxicology, June 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andre FS Amaral

  79. Volcanic environment and chronic bronchitis

    Article • Environmental Research, March 2007, Elsevier

    Andre FS Amaral

  80. A case of simultaneous hermaphroditism in the Azorean endemic limpetPatella candei gomesii(Mollusca: Patellogastropoda), a gonochoristic species

    Article • Invertebrate Reproduction & Development, January 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Luis Cunha, Andre FS Amaral

  81. Freshwater molluscs from volcanic areas as model organisms to assess adaptation to metal chronic pollution

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, December 2006, Elsevier

    Andre FS Amaral

  82. Chronic exposure to volcanic environments and cancer incidence in the Azores, Portugal

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, August 2006, Elsevier

    Andre FS Amaral

  83. Bioavailability and cellular effects of metals on Lumbricus terrestris inhabiting volcanic soils

    Article • Environmental Pollution, July 2006, Elsevier

    Andre FS Amaral

  84. Baseline Levels of Metals in Volcanic Soils of the Azores (Portugal)

    Article • Soil and Sediment Contamination An International Journal, March 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Andre FS Amaral

  85. Metal accumulation and apoptosis in the alimentary canal of Lumbricus terrestris as a metal biomarker

    Article • BioMetals, June 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andre FS Amaral

  86. The connective tissue index of Helix aspersa as a metal biomarker

    Article • BioMetals, November 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andre FS Amaral

  87. Autometallography and metallothionein immunohistochemistry in hepatocytes of turbot (Scophthalmus maximusL.) after exposure to cadmium and depuration treatment

    Article • Biomarkers, January 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Andre FS Amaral