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  1. A Pilot Study with Low-Cost Sensors: Seasonal Variation of Particulate Matter Ratios and Their Relationship with Meteorological Conditions in Rio Grande, Brazil

    Article • Climate, March 2025, MDPI AG

    Romina Buffarini

  2. The Relationship Between Surface Meteorological Variables and Air Pollutants in Simulated Temperature Increase Scenarios in a Medium-Sized Industrial City

    Article • Atmosphere, March 2025, MDPI AG

    Romina Buffarini

  3. An exploratory study on the association between air pollution and health problems (ICD-10) with an emphasis on respiratory diseases

    Article • Atmospheric Pollution Research, February 2025, Elsevier

    Romina Buffarini

  4. Exploring the relationship between ultra-processed food consumption and gut microbiota at school age in a Brazilian birth cohort

    Article • Cadernos de Saúde Pública, January 2025, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Romina Buffarini

  5. Health impact assessment of air pollutants in simulated temperature scenarios in the largest coal mining region of Brazil

    Article • Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, December 2024, Elsevier

    Romina Buffarini

  6. Child COVID-19 vaccine uptake among participants of the 2015 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort Study

    Article • Vaccine, October 2024, Elsevier

    Romina Buffarini

  7. Ethnic-racial disparities in poisoning cases: analysis of drugs of abuse, medicines and pesticides in Brazil

    Article • Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part A, August 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Romina Buffarini

  8. The relationship and consequences of venomous animal encounters in the context of climate change

    Article • Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, May 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Romina Buffarini

  9. Consumption of ultra-processed foods among children aged 6 to 23 months as per the Second National Survey on Nutrition and Health of Argentina

    Article • Archivos Argentinos de Pediatria, April 2024, Sociedad Argentina de Pediatria

    Romina Buffarini

  10. Unique and shared risk factors for early childhood victimisation and polyvictimisation in a Brazilian population-based birth cohort

    Article • The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, April 2024, Elsevier

    Romina Buffarini

  11. Ultra-processed food consumption and nutritional status in Uruguayan and Brazilian children between three to five years

    Article • Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición, February 2024, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nutricion

    Romina Buffarini

  12. Neonatal mortality risk of vulnerable newborns by fine stratum of gestational age and birthweight for 230 679 live births in nine low‐ and middle‐income countries, 2000–2017

    Article • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, January 2024, Wiley

    Romina Buffarini

  13. Prepregnancy maternal BMI and trajectories of BMI-for-age in children up to four years of age: findings from the 2015 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort

    Article • International Journal of Obesity, December 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Romina Buffarini

  14. Intimate partner violence victimisation and its association with maternal parenting (the 2015 Pelotas [Brazil] Birth Cohort): a prospective cohort study

    Article • The Lancet Global Health, September 2023, Elsevier

    Romina Buffarini

  15. Childhood growth trajectory patterns are associated with the pubertal gut microbiota

    Article • June 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Romina Buffarini

  16. Breastfeeding, consumption of ultraprocessed foods, and dental caries at 4 years of age: A birth cohort study

    Article • International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, May 2023, Wiley

    Romina Buffarini

  17. Neonatal mortality risk of vulnerable newborns: A descriptive analysis of subnational, population‐based birth cohorts for 238 203 live births in low‐ and middle‐income settings from 2000 to 2017

    Article • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, May 2023, Wiley

    Romina Buffarini

  18. Vulnerable newborn types: analysis of subnational, population‐based birth cohorts for 541 285 live births in 23 countries, 2000–2021

    Article • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, May 2023, Wiley

    Romina Buffarini

  19. Small babies, big risks: global estimates of prevalence and mortality for vulnerable newborns to accelerate change and improve counting

    Article • The Lancet, May 2023, Elsevier

    Romina Buffarini

  20. Ultra-processed food consumption and the incidence of obesity in two cohorts of Latin-American young children: A longitudinal study

    Article • Journal of Pediatric Nursing, March 2023, Elsevier

    Romina Buffarini

  21. Detection of HPV DNA in vaginal samples self-collected by women living with HIV treated through the Brazilian public health system: Prevalence and analysis of risk factors

    Article • Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, January 2023, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Romina Buffarini

  22. Consumption of ultra-processed foods and growth outcomes in early childhood: 2015 Pelotas Birth Cohort

    Article • British Journal Of Nutrition, September 2022, Cambridge University Press

    Romina Buffarini

  23. Consumo de alimentos ultraprocessados por crianças de uma Coorte de Nascimentos de Pelotas

    Article • Revista de Saúde Pública, September 2022, Universidade de Sao Paulo Sistema Integrado de Bibliotecas - SIBiUSP

    Romina Buffarini

  24. Nutritional Quality of School Breakfasts: An Experience Based on Improvements of the School Food Program in Buenos Aires

    Article • Journal of School Health, August 2022, Wiley

    Romina Buffarini

  25. Maternal adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and their associations with intimate partner violence and child maltreatment: Results from a Brazilian birth cohort

    Article • Preventive Medicine, February 2022, Elsevier

    Romina Buffarini

  26. Intimate Partner Violence Victimisation and its Association with Maternal Parenting: Findings from the 2015 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2022, Elsevier

    Romina Buffarini

  27. Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and the Incidence of Obesity in Two Cohorts of Latin-American Young Children: A Longitudinal Study

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2022, Elsevier

    Romina Buffarini

  28. Use of Prophylactic Iron Salts Supplementation During Gestation and Development of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Women From 2015 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort Study

    Article • September 2021, Research Square

    Romina Buffarini

  29. Antenatal care in Southern Brazil: Coverage, trends and inequalities

    Article • Preventive Medicine, April 2021, Elsevier

    Romina Buffarini

  30. Intimate partner violence against women and child maltreatment in a Brazilian birth cohort study: co-occurrence and shared risk factors

    Article • BMJ Global Health, April 2021, BMJ

    Romina Buffarini

  31. Relative validity of a computer-based semi-quantitative FFQ for use in the Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort Studies

    Article • Public Health Nutrition, June 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Romina Buffarini

  32. Vaccine coverage within the first year of life and associated factors with incomplete immunization in a Brazilian birth cohort

    Article • Archives of Public Health, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Romina Buffarini

  33. Parent-Related Normative Perceptions of Adolescents and Later Weight Control Behavior: Longitudinal Analysis of Cohort Data From Brazil

    Article • Journal of Adolescent Health, January 2020, Elsevier

    Romina Buffarini

  34. The Intersectionality of Gender and Wealth in Adolescent Health and Behavioral Outcomes in Brazil: The 1993 Pelotas Birth Cohort

    Article • Journal of Adolescent Health, January 2020, Elsevier

    Romina Buffarini

  35. The emergence of vaccine hesitancy among upper-class Brazilians: Results from four birth cohorts, 1982–2015

    Article • Vaccine, January 2020, Elsevier

    Romina Buffarini

  36. Gestational diabetes mellitus, pre-gestational BMI and offspring BMI z-score during infancy and childhood: 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort

    Article • BMJ Open, July 2019, BMJ

    Romina Buffarini

  37. Gender norms and health: insights from global survey data

    Article • The Lancet, June 2019, Elsevier

    Romina Buffarini

  38. Infant nutrition and growth: trends and inequalities in four population-based birth cohorts in Pelotas, Brazil, 1982–2015

    Article • International Journal of Epidemiology, March 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Romina Buffarini

  39. Association between leisure-time activities and school failure in adolescents: The 1993 Birth Cohort

    Article • PLOS One, November 2018, PLOS

    Romina Buffarini

  40. Dietary patterns are associated with blood lipids at 18-year-olds: a cross-sectional analysis nested in the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort

    Article • Nutrition Journal, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Romina Buffarini

  41. Growth across life course and cardiovascular risk markers in 18-year-old adolescents: the 1993 Pelotas birth cohort

    Article • BMJ Open, January 2018, BMJ

    Romina Buffarini

  42. Breastfeeding and complementary feeding associated with body composition in 18–19 years old adolescents in the 1993 Pelotas Birth Cohort

    Article • BMC Nutrition, December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Romina Buffarini

  43. Distribution of Glycated Haemoglobin According to Early-Life and Contemporary Characteristics in Adolescents and Adults without Diabetes: The 1982 and 1993 Pelotas Birth Cohorts

    Article • PLOS One, September 2016, PLOS

    Romina Buffarini

  44. Anemia among indigenous women in Brazil: findings from the First National Survey of Indigenous People’s Health and Nutrition

    Article • BMC Women s Health, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. James R. Welch, Romina Buffarini

  45. Effect of breastfeeding on bone mass from childhood to adulthood: a systematic review of the literature

    Article • International Breastfeeding Journal, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Romina Buffarini

  46. Reproducibility and relative validity of a semi-quantitative food-frequency questionnaire in an adult population of Rosario, Argentina

    Article • Revista Española de Nutrición Humana y Dietética, October 2015, Fundacion Espanola de Dietistas-Nutricionistas (FEDN)

    Romina Buffarini

  47. Stability and change in fruit and vegetable intake of Brazilian adolescents over a 3-year period: 1993 Pelotas Birth Cohort

    Article • Public Health Nutrition, June 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Romina Buffarini

  48. Início da vida sexual entre adolescentes (10 a 14 anos) e comportamentos em saúde

    Article • Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia, March 2015, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Romina Buffarini