Browsing by Author "Acevedo, Johanna"

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    • Obesity and excess weight in early adulthood and high risks of arsenic-related cancer in later life 
      Steinmaus, Craig; Castriota, Felicia; Ferreccio, Catterina; Smith, Allan H.; Yuan, Yan; Liaw, Jane; Acevedo, Johanna; Pérez, Liliana; Meza, Rodrigo; Calcagno, Sergio; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Smith, Martyn T. (Elsevier, 2015)
      Background: Elevated body mass index (BMI) is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and other diseases. Inflammation or oxidative stress induced by high BMI may explain some of these effects. Millions ...
    • Performance of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test compared with real-time RT-PCR in asymptomatic individuals 
      Peña, Mónica; Ampuero Martínez, Manuel Andrés; Garcés, Carlos; Gaggero Brillouet, Aldo Andres; García, Patricia; Velásquez, María Soledad; Luza, Ricardo; Álvarez, Pía; Paredes, Fabio; Acevedo, Johanna; Farfán Urzúa, Mauricio Javier; Solari, Sandra; Soto Rifo, Ricardo Andrés; Valiente Echeverría, Fernando Andrés (Elsevier, 2021)
      Screening, testing and contact tracing plays a pivotal role in control of the COVID-19 pandemic. To enable this it is necessary to increase the testing capacity. This study compared a SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test (RAT) ...
    • Serological study of CoronaVac vaccine and booster doses in Chile: immunogenicity and persistence of ... 
      Vargas, Leonardo; Valdivieso Berríos, Nicolás Alejandro; Tempio, Fabián; Simon Zegers, María Valeska; Sauma Mahaluf, Daniela Macarena; Valenzuela Pérez, Lucía Teresita; Beltrán Muñoz, Caroll Jenny; Castillo Delgado, Loriana Cecilia; Contreras Benavides, Ximena Stella; Acevedo Acevedo, Mónica Loreto; Acevedo, Johanna; González, Rafael I.; Valiente Echeverría, Fernando Andres; Soto Rifo, Ricardo Andrés; Rosemblatt Silber, Mario César; López Nitsche, Mercedes Natalia; Osorio Olivares, Fabiola Beatriz; Bono Merino, María Rosa (BMC, 2022)
      Background Chile was severely affected by COVID19 outbreaks but was also one of the first countries to start a nationwide program to vaccinate against the disease. Furthermore, Chile became one of the fastest countries to ...
    • Study protocol for the Maule Cohort (MAUCO) of chronic diseases, Chile 2014-2024 
      Ferreccio, Catterina; Roa, Juan Carlos; Bambs, Claudia; Vives, Alejandra; Corvalán, Alejandro H.; Cortés, Sandra; Foerster, Claudia; Acevedo, Johanna; Huidobro, Andrea; Passi, Alvaro; Toro, Pablo; Covacevich, Yerko; Cruz, Rolando de la; Koshiol, Jill; Olivares, Mauricio; Miquel, Juan Francisco; Cruz, Francisco; Silva, Raúl; Quest, Andrew F. G.; Kogan Bocian, Marcelo; Castro, Pablo F.; Lavandero González, Sergio (BioMed Central, 2016)
      Background: Maule Cohort (MAUCO), a Chilean cohort study, seeks to analyze the natural history of chronic diseases in the agricultural county of Molina (40,000 inhabitants) in the Maule Region, Chile. Molina's population ...
    • The Association between fasting glucose and sugar sweetened beverages intake is greater in latin americans ... 
      López-Portillo García, María de Lourdes; Huidobro, Andrea; Tobar Calfucoy, Eduardo Andrés; Yañez, Cristián; Retamales Ortega, Rocío Mariana; Garrido Tapia, Macarena; Acevedo, Johanna; Paredes, Fabio; Cid Ossandón, Vicente; Ferreccio, Catterina; Verdugo Salgado, Ricardo Alejandro (MDPI, 2022)
      Chile is one of the largest consumers of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) world-wide. However, it is unknown whether the effects from this highly industrialized food will mimic those reported in industrialized countries or ...