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    • Muñoz, María Pía; Rubliar, Poala; Valdés Salgado, Macarena; Muñoz Quezada, María Teresa; Gómez, Andrea; Saavedra, Marta; Iglesias Álamos, Verónica (Elsevier, 2020)
      Introduction: Exposure to lead and arsenic has been associated with child behavior problems. In Arica, a northern city of Chile, the natural presence of arsenic in water has been registered. Also, the city has a history ...
    • Muñoz Quezada, María Teresa; Lucero, Boris Andrés; Iglesias Álamos, Verónica; Muñoz, María Pía; Cornejo, Claudia Alejandra; Achu, Eduardo; Baumert, Brittney; Hanchey, Arianna; Concha, Carlos; Brito, Ana María; Villalobos, Marcos (Taylor & Francis, 2016)
      Background: Previous studies have demonstrated that acute poisoning from exposure to organophosphate (OP) pesticides in agricultural workers causes adverse health effects. However, neuropsychological and cognitive effects ...
    • Iglesias Álamos, Verónica; Cavada Chacón, Gabriel; Silva, Claudio; Cáceres Lillo, Dante (REVISTA DE SAUDE PUBLICA, FACULDADE SAUDE PUBL DA USP, 2007-08)
      OBJETIVO: Evaluar la relación entre consumo precoz de tabaco y alcohol y el riesgo de consumir marihuana en escolares. MÉTODOS: Estudio transversal con datos del IV Estudio Nacional de Consumo de Drogas en Población ...
    • Iglesias Álamos, Verónica; Cavada Chacón, Gabriel; Silva, Claudio; Cáceres Lillo, Dante (2007)
      OBJECTIVE: To. assess the relationship between early tobacco and alcohol use and the risk of marijuana consumption among schoolchildren. METHODS: A cross-sectional study comprising data from the Fourth National Study on ...
    • Canals Lambarri, Mauricio; Cuadrado Nahum, Cristóbal; Canals Cifuentes, Andrea; Yohannessen Vásquez, Karla; Lefio Celedón, Luis Álvaro; Bertoglia Arredondo, María Paz; Eguiguren Bravo, Pamela; Siches, Izkia; Iglesias Álamos, Verónica; Arteaga Herrera, Óscar (Pan Amer Health, 2020)
      Objectives. To report the surveillance of COVID-19 pandemic in Chile and analyse the response to public health interventions implemented from 3 March to 30 June 2020 and to assess the risks of collapse of the health care ...
    • Iglesias Álamos, Verónica (Universidad de Chile, 2007)
      Introducción El 47,5% de los menores de 12 años expuestos a un acopio del mineral en Antofagasta presentó >10 μg/dl (valor de referencia CDC) de Pb en sangre, por lo que el acopio fue removido de la ciudad. Objetivo ...
    • Manríquez Galán, Valentín; Castro Caperan, Daniela; Guzmán Rojas, Rodrigo; Naser Nassar, Michel; Iglesias Álamos, Verónica; Lagos Wilson, Néstor (Springer, 2015)
      Introduction and hypothesis Neosaxitoxin is a phycotoxin whose molecular mechanism of action shows a reversible inhibition of voltage-gated sodium channels at the axonal level, impeding nerve impulse propagation. This ...
    • Valdés, M.; Hanchey, A.; Muñoz, M. P.; Baumert, B.; Iglesias Álamos, Verónica (Masson Editeur, 2017)
      Background. - While the relationship between inorganic arsenic exposure and psychological impairment has been studied previously, the association between low-level arsenic exposure during pregnancy and postpartum depression ...
    • Iglesias Álamos, Verónica; Burgos de la Vega, Soledad; Marchetti Pareto, Nella; Silva Zamora, Claudio; Pino Zúñiga, Paulina (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2008-08)
      Background: Petcoke is a remmant of the oil refining process that contains Ni and other heavy metals. Undesired human exposure to these compounds may result from petcoke combustion in plants located in the vicinity of the ...
    • Buralli, Rafael Junqueira; Ribeiro, Helena; Iglesias Álamos, Verónica; Muñoz Quezada, María Teresa; Leao, Renata Spolti; Correa Marques, Rejane; Cordeiro de Almeida, Milena María; Davee Guimaraes, Jean Remy (Revista de Saude Pública, 2020)
      OBJECTIVE: To explore the association of occupational pesticide exposure with acute and mental health symptoms. METHODS: Cross-sectional survey carried out with 78 Brazilian family farmers, who were pesticide applicators ...
    • Muñoz, Claudio; Droppelmann, Andrea; Erazo Bahamondes, Marcia; Aceituno, Paulina; Orellana Pozo, Cecilia; Parro Fluxa, Javiera; Mesías Monsalve, Stephanie; Marchetti Pareto, Nella; Navas Acien, Ana; Iglesias Álamos, Verónica; Navas Acie (Wiley, 2016-10)
      Objective To evaluate indoor polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations in bars and restaurants and identify the main determinants of airborne PAH concentrations. Methods This study included 57 bars/restaurants ...
    • Iglesias Álamos, Verónica; Erazo Bahamondes, Marcia; Droppelmann, Andrea; Steenland, Kyle; Aceituno, Paulina; Orellana Pozo, Cecilia; Acuña, Marisol; Peruga, Armando; Breysse, Patrick N.; Navas Acien, Ana (Elsevier, 2014)
      Objective To evaluate the relative contribution of occupational vs. non-occupational secondhand tobacco smoke exposure to overall hair nicotine concentrations in non-smoking bar and restaurant employees. Method We ...
    • Lisboa, Loreto; Klarian, José; Toro Campos, Rosario; Iglesias Álamos, Verónica (Cadernos Saude Publica, 2016)
      Evidence suggests that an old mineral storage site removed in 1998 due to high lead content, remains as a source of exposure in the city of Antofagasta, Chile. The aim was to determine the association between blood lead ...
    • Muñoz Quezada, María Teresa; Lucero, Boris; Iglesias Álamos, Verónica; Muñoz Fernández, María Pía (CrossMark, 2014)
      Objetivo: Describir la concentración de plaguicidas en diferentes matrices ambientales en dos períodosde tiempo (baja y alta producción agrícola local) y estimar la asociación entre la presencia de residuosde plaguicidas ...