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Vilor-Tejedor N, Alemany S, Forns J, Caceres A, Murcia M, Macia D, Pujol J, Sunyer J, Gonzalez JR. Assessment of susceptibility risk factors for ADHD in imaging genetic studies. J Atten Disord. 2016 Aug 17.

Marinelli M, Pappa I, Bustamante M, Bonilla C, Suarez A, Tiesler CM, Vilor-Tejedor N, Zafarmand MH, Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Andersson S, Bakermans-Kranenburg MJ, Estivill X, Evans DM, Flexeder C, Forns J, Gonzalez JR, Guxens M, Huss A, van IJzendoorn MH, Jaddoe VW, Julvez J, Lahti J, Lopez-Vicente M, Lopez-Espinosa MJ, Manz J, Mileva-Seitz VR, Perola M, Pesonen AK, Rivadeneira F, Salo PP, Shahand S, Schulz H, Standl M, Thiering E, Timpson NJ, Torrent M, Uitterlinden AG, Smith GD, Estarlich M, Heinrich J, Raikkonen K, Vrijkotte TG, Tiemeier H, Sunyer J. Heritability and genome-wide association analyses of sleep duration in children: the EAGLE consortium. Sleep. 2016 Aug.

Lopez-Vicente M, Forns J, Esnaola M, Suades-Gonzalez E, Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Robinson O, Julvez J, Garcia-Aymerich J, Sunye J. Physical activity and cognitive trajectories in schoolchildren. Pediatr Exerc Sci. 2016 Aug;91(8):770-5.

Forns J, Mandal S, Iszatt N, Polder A, Thomsen C, Lyche JL, Stigum H, Vermeulen R, Eggesbo M. Novel application of statistical methods for analysis of multiple toxicants identifies DDT as a risk factor for early child behavioral problems. Environ Res. 2016 Jul 25;151:91-100. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.07.014

Lopez-Vicente M, Forns J, Suades-Gonzalez E, Esnaola M, Garcia-Esteban R, Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Julvez J, Burgaleta M, Sebastian-Galles N, Sunyer J. Developmental trajectories in primary schoolchildren using n-back task. Front Psychol. 2016 May 13;14(3):221-32. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2016.03.008

Pujol J, Fenoll R, Macia D, Martinez-Vilavella G, Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Rivas I, Forns J, Deus J, Blanco-Hinojo L, Querol X, Sunyer J. Airborne copper exposure in school environments associated with poorer motor performance and altered basal ganglia. Brain Behav. 2016 Apr 22;e00467. doi: 10.1002/brb3.467

Pujol J, Martinez-Vilavella G, Macia D, Fenoll R, Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Rivas I, Forns J, Blanco-Hinojo L, Capellades J, Querol X, Deus J, Sunyer J. Traffic pollution exposure is associated with altered brain connectivity in school children. Neuroimage. 2016 Apr;1(129):175-84. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.01.036.

Forns J, Dadvand P, Foraster M, Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Rivas I, Lopez-Vicente M, Suades-Gonzalez E, Garcia-Esteban R, Esnaola M, Cirach M, Grellier J, Basagana X, Querol X, Guxens M, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Sunyer J. Traffic-related air pollution, noise at school, and behavioral problems in Barcelona schoolchildren: a cross-sectional study. Environ Health Perspect. 2016 Apr;124(4):529-35. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1409449.

Hjortebjerg D, Andersen AM, Christensen JS, Ketzel M, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Sunyer J, Julvez J, Forns J, Sorensen M. Exposure to road traffic noise and behavioral problems in 7-year-old children: a cohort study. Environ Health Perspect. 2016 Feb;124(2):228-34. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1409430

Guxens M, Ghassabian A, Gong T, Garcia-Esteban R, Porta D, Giorgis-Allemand L, Almqvist C, Aranbarri A, Beelen R, Badaloni C, Cesaroni G, de Nazelle A, Estarlich M, Forastiere F, Forns J, Gehring U, Ibarluzea J, Jaddoe VWV, Korek m, Lichtenstein P, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Rebagliato M, Slama R, Tiemeier H, Verhulst FC, Volk HE, Pershagen G, Brunekreef B, Sunyer J. Air pollution exposure during pregnancy and childhood autistic traits in four european population-based cohort studies: the ESCAPE project. Environ Health Perspect. 2016 Jan;124(1):133-40. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1408483

Julvez J, Paus T, Bellinger D, Eskenazi B, Tiemeier H, Pearce N, Ritz B, White T, Ramchandani P, Gispert JD, Desrivieres S, Brouwer R, Boucher O, Alemany S, Lopez-Vicente M, Suades-Gonzalez E, Forns J, Grandjean P, Sunyer J. Environment and brain development: challenges in the global context. Neuroepidemiology. 2016;46(2):79-82. doi: 10.1159/000442256

Forns J, Mandal S, Iszatt N, Stigum H, Eggesbo M. Novel application of statistical methods for analysis of multiple toxicants identifies DDT as a risk factor for early child behavioral problems. Poster presented at the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) Europe Young and Early Career Researchers Conference; November 2015. Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Casas M, Forns J, Martinez D, Avella-Garcia C, Valvi D, Ballesteros-Gomez A, Luque N, Rubio S, Julvez J, Sunyer J, Vrijheid M. Exposure to bisphenol A during pregnancy and child neuropsychological development in the INMA-Sabadell cohort. Environ Res. 2015 Oct;142:671-9. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.07.024

Forns J, Iszatt N, White RA, Mandal S, Sabaredzovic A, Lamoree M, Thomsen C, Haug LS, Stiqum H, Eggesbo M. Perfluoroalkyl substances measured in breast milk and child neuropsychological development in a Norwegian birth cohort study. Environ Int. 2015 Oct;83:176-82. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.06.013

Gascon M, Valvi D, Forns J, Casas M, Martinez D, Júlvez J, Monfort N, Ventura R, Sunyer J, Vrijheid M. Prenatal exposure to phthalates and neuropsychological development during childhood. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2015 Aug;218(6):550-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2015.05.006

Dadvand P, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Esnaola M, Forns J, Basagana X, Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Rivas I, Lopez-Vicente M, De Castro Pascual M, Su J, Jerrett M, Querol X, Sunyer J. Green spaces and cognitive development in primary schoolchildren. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Jun 30;112(26):7937-42. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1503402112

Alamo-Junquera D, Sunyer J, Iniguez C, Ballester F, Garcia-Esteban R, Forns J, Turner MC, Lertxundi A, Lertxundi N, Fernandez-Somoano A, Rodriquez-Dehli C, Julvez J. Prenatal head growth and child neuropsychological development at age 14 months. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2015 May;212(5):661e1-e11. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.12.001

Gascon M, Triguero-Mas M, Martinez D, Dadvand P, Forns J, Plasencia A, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ. Mental health benefits of long-term exposure to residential green and blue spaces: a systematic review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2015 Apr 22;12(4):4354-79. doi: 10.3390/ijerph120404354

Sunyer J, Esnaola M, Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Forns J, Rivas I, Lopez-Vicente M, Suades-Gonzalez E, Foraster M, Garcia-Esteban R, Basagana X, Viana M, Cirach M, Moreno T, Alastuey A, Sebastian-Galles N, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Querol X. Association between traffic-related air pollution in schools and cognitive development in primary school children: a prospective cohort study. PLoS Med. 2015 Mar 3;12(3):e1001792. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001792

Amoly E, Dadvand P, Forns J, Lopez-Vicente M, Basagana X, Julvez J, Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Sunyer J. Green and blue spaces and behavioral development in Barcelona schoolchildren: the BREATHE project. Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Dec;122(12):1351-8. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1408215

Forns J, Iszatt N, White RA, Mandal S, Sabaredzovic A, Lamoree M. Perfluoroalkyl substances measured in breast milk and child neuropsychological development at 24 months old in a Norwegian birth cohort study. Poster presented at the ISEE-Europe 2014 Young and Early Career Researchers Conference; October 20, 2014. Barcelona, Spain.

Vilahur N, Fernandez MF, Bustamante M, Ramos R, Forns J, Ballester F, Murcia M, Riano I, Ibarluzea J, Olea N, Sunyer J. In utero exposure to mixtures of xenoestrogens and child neuropsychological development. Environ Res. 2014 Oct;134:98-104. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.07.002

Guxens M, Garcia-Esteban R, Giorgis-Allemand L, Forns J, Badaloni C, Ballester F, Beelen R, Cesaroni G, Chatzi L, de Agostini M, de Nazelle A, Eeftens M, Fernandez MF, Fernandez-Somoano A, Forastiere F, Gehring U, Ghassabian A, Heude B, Jaddoe VW, Klumper C, Kogevinas M, Kramer U, Larroque B, Lertxundi A, Lertxuni N, Murcia M, Navel V, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Porta D, Ramos R, Roumeliotaki T, Slama R, Sorensen M, Stephanou EG, Sugiri D, Tardon A, Tiemeier H, Tiesler CM, Verhulst FC, Vrijkotte T, Wilhelm M, Brunekreef B, Pershagen G, Sunyer J. Air pollution during pregnancy and childhood cognitive and psychomotor development: six European birth cohorts. Epidemiology. 2014 Sep;25(5):636-47. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000133

Forns J, Esnaola M, Lopez-Vicente M, Suades-Gonzalez E, Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Julvez J, Grellier J, Sebastian-Galles N, Sunyer J. The n-back test and the attentional network task as measures of child neuropsychological development in epidemiological studies. Neuropsychology. 2014 Jul;28(4):519-29. doi: 10.1037/neu0000085

Forns J, Vegas O, Julvez J, Garcia-Esteban R, Rivera M, Lertxundi N, Guxens M, Fano E, Ferrer M, Grellier J, Ibarluzea J, Sunyer J. Association between child cortisol levels in saliva and neuropsychological development during the second year of life. Stress Health. 2014 Apr;30(2):142-8. doi: 10.1002/smi.2504

Lopez-Vicente M, Sunyer J, Forns J, Torrent M, Julvez J. Continuous Performance Test II outcomes in 11-year-old children with early ADHD symptoms: a longitudinal study. Neuropsychology. 2014 Mar;28(2):202-11. doi: 10.1037/neu0000048

Julvez J, Guxens M, Carsin AE, Forns J, Mendez M, Turner MC, Sunyer J. A cohort study on full breastfeeding and child neuropsychological development: the role of maternal social, psychological, and nutritional factors. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2014 Feb;56(2):148-56. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.12282

Forns J, Fort M, Casas M, Caceres A, Guxens M, Gascon M, Garcia-Esteban R, Julvez J, Grimalt JO, Sunyer J. Exposure to metals during pregnancy and neuropsychological development at the age of 4 years. Neurotoxicology. 2014 Jan;40:16-22. doi: 10.1016/j.neuro.2013.10.006

Casas L, Torrent M, Zock JP, Doekes G, Forns J, Guxens M, Taubel M, Heinrich J, Sunyer J. Early life exposures to home dampness, pet ownership and farm animal contact and neuropsychological development in 4 year old children: a prospective birth cohort study. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2013 Nov;216(6):690-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2012.12.013

Alvarez Pedrerol M, Forns J, Pujol J, Querol X, Sunyer J. BREATHE project (brain development and air pollution ultrafine particles in school children): research protocol and first results. Poster presented at the Conference of ISEE, ISES and ISIAQ; August 2013. Basel, Switzerland.

Sunyer J, Alvarez Pedrerol M, Forns J, Rivas I, Lopez-Vicente M, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Querol X. Brain and school traffic air pollution: the BREATHE project, ecological association. Presented at the Conference of ISEE, ISES, and ISIAQ; August 2013. Basel, Switzerland.

Forns J, Lopez-Vicente M, Esnaola M, Alvarez Pedrerol M, Julvez J, Sunyer J. Neuropsychological assessment in the BREATHE project: preliminary results. Poster presented at the Conference of ISEE, ISES, and ISIAQ; August 2013. Basel, Switzerland.

Amoly E, Dadvand P, Forns J, Lopez Vicente M, Cirach M, Alvarez Pedrerol M, Julvez J, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Sunyer J. Use of green spaces and behavioral indicators of neurodevelopment in schoolchildren. Presented at the 2013 Conference of ISEE, ISES, and ISIAQ; August 2013. Basel, Switzerland.

Gascon M, Verner MA, Guxens M, Grimalt JO, Forns J, Ibarluzea J, Lertxundi N, Ballester F, Llop S, Haddad S, Sunyer J, Vrijheid M. Evaluating the neurotoxic effects of lactational exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Spanish children. Neurotoxicology. 2013 Jan;34:9-15. doi: 10.1016/j.neuro.2012.10.006

Julvez J, Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Rebagliato M, Murcia M, Forns J, Garcia-Esteban R, Lertxundi N, Espada M, Tardon A, Riano Galan I, Sunyer J. Thyroxine levels during pregnancy in healthy women and early child neurodevelopment. Epidemiology. 2013 Jan;24(1):150-7. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e318276ccd3

Sunyer J, Viana M, Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Rivas I, Forns J, Querol X. School air in a traffic city such Barcelona, the BREATHE Study. Presented at the DOHaD 2012 Satellite Meeting; December 6, 2012. Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Gascon M, Fort M, Martinez D, Carsin AE, Forns J, Grimalt JO, Santa Marina L, Lertxundi N, Sunyer J, Vrijheid M. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in breast milk and neuropsychological development in infants. Environ Health Perspect. 2012 Dec;120(12):1760-5. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1205266

Forns J, Lopez M, Alvararez-Pedrerol M, Julvez J, Sunyer J. Neuropsychological assessment in the BREATHE project. Poster presented at the DOHaD 2012 Satellite Meeting; December 2012. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Forns J, Lertxundi N, Aranbarri A, Murcia M, Gascon M, Martinez D, Grellier J, Lertxundi A, Julvez J, Fano E, Goni F, Grimalt JO, Ballester F, Sunyer J, Ibarluzea J. Prenatal exposure to organochlorine compounds and neuropsychological development up to two years of life. Environ Int. 2012 Sep 15;45:72-7. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.04.009

Forns J, Julvez J, Garcia-Esteban R, Guxens M, Ferrer M, Grellier J, Vrijheid M, Sunyer J. Maternal intelligence-mental health and child neuropsychological development at age 14 months. Gac Sanit. 2012 Sep;26(5):397-404. doi: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2011.10.011

Forns J, Torrent M, Garcia-Esteban R, Grellier J, Gascon M, Julvez J, Guxens M, Grimalt JO, Sunyer J. Prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and child neuropsychological development in 4-year-olds: an analysis per congener and specific cognitive domain. Sci Total Environ. 2012 Aug 15;432:338-43. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.012

Forns J, Torrent M, Garcia-Esteban R, Grellier J, Gascon M, Julvez J, Guxens M, Grimalt JO, Sunyer J. Prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and child neuropsychological development: an anaylsis per each congener and specific cognitive domain. Sci Total Environ. 2012 Aug 15;432:338-43. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.012

Forns J, Torrent M, Garcia-Esteban R, Caceres A, Pilar Gomila M, Martinez D, Morales E, Julvez J, Grimalt JO, Sunyer J. Longitudinal association between early life socio-environmental factors and attention function at the age 11 years. Environ Res. 2012 Aug;117:54-9. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.04.007

Forns J, Aranbarri A, Grellier J, Julvez J, Vrijheid M, Sunyer J. A conceptual framework in the study of neuropsychological development in epidemiological studies. Neuroepidemiology. 2012 Jun;38(4):203-8. doi: 10.1159/000337169

Ruiz-Castell M, Paco P, Barbieri FL, Duprey JL, Forns J, Carsin AE, Freydier R, Casiot C, Sunyer J, Gardon J. Child neurodevelopment in a Bolivian mining city. Environ Res. 2012 Jan;112:147-54. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.12.001

Guxens M, Mendez MA, Molto-Puigmarti C, Julvez J, Garcia-Esteban R, Forns J, Ferrer M, Vrijheid M, Lopez-Sabater MC, Sunyer J. Breastfeeding, long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in colostrum, and infant mental development. Pediatrics. 2011 Oct;128(4):e880-9. doi: 10.1542/peds.2010-1633.

Gascon M, Vrijheid M, Martinez D, Forns J, Grimalt JO, Torrent M, Sunyer J. Effects of pre and postnatal exposure to low levels of polybromodiphenyl ethers on neurodevelopment and thyroid hormone levels at 4 years of age. Environ Int. 2011 Apr;37(3):605-11. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.12.005

Morales E, Bustamante M, Gonzalez JR, Guxens M, Torrent M, Mendez M, Garcia-Esteban R, Julvez J, Forns J, Vrijheid M, Molto-Puigmarti C, Lopez-Sabater C, Estivill X, Sunyer J. Genetic variants of the FADS gene cluster and ELOVL gene family, colostrums LC-PUFA levels, breastfeeding, and child cognition. PLoS One. 2011 Feb 23;6(2):e17181. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017181

Forns J, Torrent M, Garcia-Esteban R, Caceres A, Gomila MP, Martinez D. 4-year-old neurodevelopment and early life determinants are longitudinally associated to 11-year-old attention function. Poster presented at the 23rd Congress of International Society of Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE); 2011. Barcelona, Spain.

Vrijheid M, Martinez D, Forns J, Guxens M, Julvez J, Ferrer M, Sunyer J. Prenatal exposure to cell phone use and neurodevelopment at 14 months. Epidemiology. 2010 Mar;21(2):259-62. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181cb41e0.